Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2026 Utah Senator Mike Lee Wants to Speed Up the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument – 8.20.26 Piling on top of Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon fast-track an attempt to rip up the national monument’s land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2026 Mining Claims Filed Immediately After Trump Decimates National Monuments in Utah – 8.14.26 Attempts to file mining claims in Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments shows industry clamoring to exploit landscapes Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgAutumn...
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August 5, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on BLM’s Cancellation of 10 New Backcountry Airstrips in Redrock Country – 8.5.26 None of the airstrips were previously designated and many were reclaimed Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Monday, following a formal appeal from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), the Bureau of...
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Another day, another threat to America’s public lands and Utah’s wild places. The Trump administration is now undertaking a sweeping review of existing policies on the management of designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, and wilderness-quality lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and...
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