Rep. Bishop’s long-awaited draft Public Lands Initiative (PLI), released on January 20th, is essentially a fossil fuel development bill that gives away public resources and fails to advance the conservation of public lands in eastern Utah.
Read MoreBishop’s “Grand Bargain” is a Grand Bust
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.
Read MorePoll 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 […]
Read MoreFederal 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 […]
Read MoreSen. 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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