In April, President Obama established the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative in order to start a national dialogue about conservation.  This is your opportunity to tell the Department of the Interior and the rest of the Obama administration that Utah’s wilderness-quality lands deserve much needed protections. Make your voice heard!  The...

The Watchman in Washington County, copyright David Pett Three distinct life zones come together in Utah’s southwestern corner — the Colorado Plateau, the Mojave Desert, and the Great Basin — resulting in lands that are among the most diverse and sensitive in all of Utah.  Just over a year ago,...

Recently, we undertook a statewide review of Utah’s wild lands and the threats they face. We completed detailed inventories, studied the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) own documentation of the threats, and consulted with experts. The result is our new report Utah’s Ten Most Threatened Wilderness Treasures. The report highlights...

It’s an exciting time for Utah wilderness advocates. Wilderness legislation for San Juan County – the heart of some of the most spectacular redrock wilderness – is still in the works. This, despite U.S. Senator Bob Bennett’s (R-UT) loss at the recent Utah Republican convention. White Canyon Narrows photo copyright...

Nokai Dome in the San Juan-Canyonlands region.  Photo copyright Harvey Halpern. Over the past two months, we’ve participated in a series of meetings with San Juan County commissioners and representatives of Senator Bob Bennett to discuss the merits of wilderness designations within the San Juan-Canyonlands landscape. Throughout Senator Bennett’s process,...