Every year thousands of people visit the Natural Bridges National Monument to enjoy the solitude and beauty of the White Canyon complex. But the monument only covers about 7500 acres, leaving over 85,000 acres of the White Canyon proposed wilderness unprotected from threats such as tar sands development.
Read MoreYou’re invited – Aron Ralston and Grassroots Outdoor Alliance fundraiser for SUWA
Aron Ralston, renowned mountain climber behind the 127 Hours fame, will make a Utah appearance during the 2012 Grassroots Outdoor Alliance Show next week. Ralston will share his inspirational story along with a special screening of the Oscar-nominated film at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden, June 13 & 14, 2012.
Read MoreWhat people are talking about
Will you take just a moment right now to email President Obama and add your voice to the thousands of people who are asking the President to protect Hatch Point and hundreds of places like it by creating a Greater Canyonlands National Monument?
Read MoreCounty (Hot) Seat: Official’s talking points flunk the test in Congress
It was with some amusement that we watched Uintah County Commissioner Mike McKee deliver testimony this past Thursday in front of the House Oversight & Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology on the impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing regulations on his community.
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