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Taxpayer and Conservation Group Challenge State Road Lawsuit as Illegal

Jul 29th, 2014 Written by Steve Bloch

Contend that state law bars Attorney General from bringing Tooele County RS 2477 lawsuit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.859.1552 (cell) or 801.428.3981 (office) Brent […]

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The Case for Master Leasing Plans

Jul 25th, 2014 Written by Diane Kelly

SUWA is working with the Obama administration to bring balance back to public land management through tools like master leasing plans (MLPs), which take a closer look at which lands […]

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News Media Covers Health Benefits of Greater Canyonlands

Jul 23rd, 2014 Written by Mathew Gross

Suzanne Stensaas, a professor of neurobiology and anatomy, did a great interview on Salt Lake City’s FOX13 about the letter from health professionals urging President Obama to create a Greater […]

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Health Professionals Call for Protecting Greater Canyonlands

Jul 22nd, 2014 Written by Terri Martin

More than 200 health and well-being professionals from Utah released a letter today asking President Obama to protect Greater Canyonlands – the magnificent wild region surrounding Canyonlands National Park in Utah […]

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Conservationists Send Message to BLM Director: Protect Recapture Canyon

Jul 8th, 2014 Written by Liz Thomas

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and our partners at The Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust and Great Old Broads for Wilderness delivered a […]

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🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Surprise, surprise—Senator Mike 🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨

Surprise, surprise—Senator Mike Lee wants to fast track the destruction of Bears Ears National Monument. He is scheming to use the Congressional Review Act to get rid of the existing management plan for this incredible living landscape.

Sound familiar? Earlier this year, Senator Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy used this same mechanism in an attempt to overturn the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan. Their plan ultimately failed because people like YOU spoke up!

TAKE ACTION NOW! And Urge your members of Congress to speak out against Lee's attack on Bears Ears at link in bio.
This week, at the behest of Senator Mike Lee, the This week, at the behest of Senator Mike Lee, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an opinion that the Bears Ears National Monument land-use plan is subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

The plan, finalized in 2025 was historic in that it was developed through a collaborative process involving the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bears Ears Commission.

This path paves the way for Lee and the rest of the Utah delegation to introduce fast-track legislation that could topple Tribal collaborative management and speed up the destruction of the landscape. 

Read more at suwa.org (or visit link in @protectwildutah's bio).
Within one day of President Trump illegally reduci Within one day of President Trump illegally reducing Bears Ears National Monument by over 90%, Kimmerle Mining filed 7 mining claims (see map 1) with the San Juan County (Utah) Recorder’s Office. 

Less than one month after Trump’s attack, two mining claims were also filed in Grand Staircase-Escalante by Craig Rosequist (see map 2) with the Kane County (Utah) Recorder’s Office. Both located in areas just cut out of the monument by Trump.

For more details, visit suwa.org or (link in @protectwildutah's bio).

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If you live in one of the following states, one or If you live in one of the following states, one or both of your Senators co-signed Senator Ben Ray Luján’s letter to President Trump, opposing the recent monument reductions to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante: MD, CO, DE, NV, AZ, NY, NH, NM, HI, CA, GA, MA, WI, CT, NJ, IL, MN, OR, WA, MI, VT.

Please thank them using the link in @protectwildutah's bio!

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Monday, following a formal appeal from the Souther Monday, following a formal appeal from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew its decision approving 10 backcountry airstrips in the heart of Utah’s redrock country. 

These airstrips, many of which show no signs of recent use and none of which were designated for use, are scattered across some of the most remote and ecologically sensitive landscapes in southern Utah—including the Gemini Bridges/Labyrinth Canyon area and the remote backcountry immediately adjacent to Bears Ears National Monument. 

For more info, visit link in bio.
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