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Ogden Union Station

August 20 @ 12:43 pm MDT
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Date:
August 20, 2025
Time:
12:43 pm MDT

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Ogden Union Station
2501 Wall Ave
Ogden, UT 84401 United States
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801-949-3099

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❗TAKE ACTION NOW❗(link in bio)

Congress isn’t in session right now, but when they return, they’ll be working on finishing the 2026 Budget Bill. We need you to speak up and ensure that Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument remains protected from exploitation. The House version of the bill includes a harmful provision that would undermine existing protections for this crown jewel of our nation’s public lands system. 

In practical terms, if the House version is passed, it would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to follow a 2020 Trump administration resource management plan that does NOT afford monument protections for approximately 900,000 acres of Grand Staircase-Escalante. 

We can make sure this doesn’t happen—but we need to act now. The Senate’s version of the Budget Bill does not include the harmful provision, and it must stay that way. Our advocacy action urges senators to hold the line and reject any attempt to add this provision into their version of the bill; at the same time, it calls on representatives to remove the provision from the House bill.

Please take a moment to contact your elected officials and tell them to protect Grand Staircase-Escalante!

#protectwildutah
Today, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed Today, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed a lawsuit in federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2019 decision to approve a nearly 125,000-acre potash mining project, the Sevier Playa Potash (SPP) Project, as well as BLM’s 2025 decision approving a modified version of the Project. 

Together, BLM’s decisions set the stage for the SPP Project to impact and damage Utah’s remote West Desert for decades. BLM failed to consider the full range of environmental impacts from this large-scale industrial development, including impacts to groundwater, migratory birds, and dark night skies, all in violation of federal environmental law. 

Background info on Sevier Lake and SUWA’s litigation can be found at the link in our bio. #protectwildutah #mining #publicland
SUWA has been at the forefront of protecting the r SUWA has been at the forefront of protecting the redrock wilderness for over four decades. In that time we have gained protections for more than five million acres of wild lands, and fought off countless attacks against public lands across Utah. Folks often reach out and wonder what else they can do to protect the redrock, here's how:

Join our monthly giving program! For as little as $5 per month, you can support our work throughout the year and help us defend public lands against the on-going threats of the current administration. Visit suwa.org/monthly25 to become a monthly donor.

Be on the lookout for Advocacy Actions, where you can submit comments to the BLM or reach out to your congressional reps. (Right now there is one to protect the southern part of the Uinta Basin from oil & gas development).

Lastly, you can join a stewardship trip and give back to public lands hands-on style. Visit suwa.org/stewardship to learn more.

Photo Credit: Whit Richardson
SUWA's Stewardship program is an incredible way to SUWA's Stewardship program is an incredible way to give back to the land. Join a project this fall, and experience a part of Utah you've never seen before! Visit: suwa.org/stewardship to learn more. #protectwildutah
To learn more about The National Environmental Pol To learn more about The National Environmental Policy Act or “NEPA” check out this article from our most recent newsletter. SUWA's Legal Director, Steve Bloch, explains it's 55-year history and how the current administration is dismantling environmental law strategically, by eliminating agency regulations and expediting fossil fuel projects without review. 

Read it at the link in our bio.
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