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CategoriesBears Ears

Support UT Monuments by Sharing Your Labor Day Public Lands Photos on Social Media

Aug 31st, 2017 Written by Olivia Juarez

Labor Day commemorates the social and economic achievements of American workers. This century-old tradition began in the spirit of protest from laborers fighting for fair wages, better working conditions, and a 40-hour work week. These days we get to celebrate this tradition in the spirit of leisure, often by spending...

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CategoriesOil and Gas Development

Wild Lands in the San Rafael Swell and Dinosaur/Book Cliffs Regions Again Proposed for Leasing

Jul 19th, 2017 Written by Landon Newell

Once again, your voice in defense of Utah’s wild places is urgently needed. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to lease 79 parcels for oil and gas development on approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in eastern and central Utah. Included in this list are parcels along...

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CategoriesBears Ears

Last Chance to Speak Up for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears — Comments Due July 10th!

Jul 6th, 2017 Written by suwa

This coming Monday, July 10, is the final day for you to tell Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that he and President Trump need to leave Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments intact. Click here to submit your comment to the Department of Interior today. On June 12th, Secretary of...

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CategoriesRedrock Report

June 2017 Redrock Report

Jun 23rd, 2017 Written by suwa

Our e-newsletter with the latest on redrock wilderness news and events.

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CategoriesUncategorized

Proposed Oil and Gas Leases Threaten San Rafael Swell and Dinosaur National Monument

Jun 22nd, 2017 Written by suwa

Acting in lockstep with the Trump administration’s relentless onslaught against federal public lands, the BLM is proposing to offer at the agency’s December 2017 oil and gas lease sale 79 parcels for leasing and development on approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in eastern and central Utah. Included in...

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the designation o Today is the 30th anniversary of the designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. While we could lament on those who are trying to destroy it, let’s instead honor the people who have dedicated their lives to protect it. 

If you’ve been to Grand Staircase, you know just how easy it is to be wild and free there. The landscape is a living one, an ancestral land to indigenous peoples, and home to so many living species. From the deeply rooted biological soil crusts to the stories told in the dark night skies—let’s celebrate this incredibly magical place as it continues to inspire us forward.

Please continue to support and magnify the voices of protectors like the @grandstaircasecoalition.

Let today be a reminder of how deeply we love Grand Staircase-Escalante and how far we're willing to go to protect it. Protect Wild Utah!

Photo credits: Daniel Richardson
This week, Sen. Lee took a major step toward overt This week, Sen. Lee took a major step toward overturning the Bears Ears Monument Management Plan by adding a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) opinion to the Congressional Record.

Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), this opens the door for Congress to introduce a resolution of disapproval, which we anticipate will happen soon. If passed by a simple majority in both the House and Senate and signed by the President, the Bears Ears Management Plan would be undone.

The plan lays out how the monument will be managed for wildlife, outdoor recreation, dark skies, grazing, and other uses. Not to mention it would unravel years of collaboration between Tribal Nations and federal agencies while preventing a similar plan from being created in the future.

The move comes just days after 16 new mining claims were filed within Bears Ears National Monument.

For more info, visit link in bio.
Photo Credit: Tim Peterson
The Forest Service is rewriting its longstanding T The Forest Service is rewriting its longstanding Travel Management Rule, which determines where off-road vehicles can travel across national forests and grasslands. The proposal prioritizes ORV use at the expense of all other uses, including the protection of wildlife, cultural sites, healthy streams, and the solitude of wild places. 

❗Submit a comment NOW at link in bio.❗

There are already hundreds of thousands of miles of Forest Service roads nationwide,  facing a $9 billion maintenance backlog. Both the proposed Travel Management Rule change and the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule (alert from earlier this week) are part of the administration’s systematic dismantling of the rules and safeguards that keep national forests healthy and safe for the benefit of all. #protectwildutah
16 new mining claims have been filed on previously 16 new mining claims have been filed on previously protected land in Bears Ears National Monument. These lands became subject to mining claims on Friday, September 11th—60 days after President Trump decimated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. All 16 claims were recorded on September 11th by noon. 

For more info on the mining claims, visit our full statement at link in @protectwildutah's bio.
The Trump administration continues its attacks on The Trump administration continues its attacks on public lands in its latest push to rescind the Roadless Rule, one of the country’s most important legal safeguards for undeveloped national forests. 🌲

✍ COMMENT NOW and tell the Forest Service to protect our nation’s wild forests by keeping the Roadless Rule intact! (link in bio or visit suwa.org)

Utah does not need more roads. National forests already contain hundreds of thousands of miles of roads nationwide, and there’s a multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog for these existing roads. This proposal is really about opening public lands to more industrial development, extraction, and privatization. 

Comment deadline is Tuesday, October 6.
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