Unfortunately, the draft public lands initiative (PLI) released today, on January 20, does not advance the conservation of public lands in eastern Utah. It is lipstick on a pig and a Trojan Horse that will take conservation backwards.
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Poll Shows Strong Majority of Utahns Support Protecting Bears Ears — Add Your Voice!
Big news! A new poll shows that 2/3 of Utah residents support the creation of a Bears Ears National Monument. The highly-regarded Conservation in the West Poll, issued annually by […]
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Federal appeals court rejects BLM’s request to delay cultural resource surveys
Just as we were about to say goodbye to 2015, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a welcome decision in our longstanding Utah resource management plan litigation. On […]
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Sen. Hatch Introduces Bill to Expand Testing Range Across Wildlands, Hand Out Roads to Counties
Last week, Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee introduced a bill that would create a massive “withdrawal” zone across Bureau of Land Management lands, effectively expanding the operational footprint […]
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Op-ed: Bishop is wrong, Utah’s Native Americans want Bears Ears protected
We wanted to make sure you saw this op-ed from Herman Daniels, Jr. in Sunday’s edition of the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr. Daniels is a Navajo Nation Council Delegate representing […]
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