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Author: Heidi McIntosh

CategoriesAction Alerts

Ask Secretary Salazar to Protect Greater Canyonlands

Mar 16th, 2011 Written by Heidi McIntosh

The Greater Canyonlands area is a landscape of unmatched natural beauty -- and it needs your help.

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CategoriesAction Alerts

A Holiday Gift from Interior Secretary Salazar!

Dec 24th, 2010 Written by Heidi McIntosh

With your dogged determination and willingness to speak out for Utah wilderness, it was inevitable.  And yesterday, it finally happened . . . Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar released new […]

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What’s all the fuss about in Kane County?

Sep 17th, 2010 Written by Heidi McIntosh

As Kane County crows about the roads that the BLM and we agree are RS 2477 rights of way, you gotta wonder – what’s all the fuss about?  One of […]

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National Wilderness Month Should Not Be Just a Proclamation

Sep 8th, 2010 Written by Heidi McIntosh

President Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation last week which recognized September as “National Wilderness Month.” Invoking the “majesty of our Nation’s wilderness” and a rich legacy of past wilderness legislation, […]

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What is Kane County Crowing About?

Sep 2nd, 2010 Written by Heidi McIntosh

According to a Deseret News story on August 31st, “Kane County officials are celebrating what they say is the first concession in Utah of the federal government agreeing to grant […]

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Slight change of plans. We've cancelled the event Slight change of plans. We've cancelled the event in Bountiful due to some unexpected planning hiccups, but have added an event in Ogden.

For those of you who haven't heard, we are hosting a Monumental Statewide Day of Action this Monday! Bring your friends, a sign (we’ll provide some too), and be ready to raise your voice against the Utah politicians who supported Trump's actions—reducing both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

Note: SUWA advocates strongly for protecting Utah’s wild lands with strategies that meaningfully engage all cultures and abilities. We do so respectfully and firmly and we act within the law. We do not condone violence or destruction of property.

Join us on Monday in the town nearest you! See you then.
📣Join us this Monday, July 20 for a Monumental Sta 📣Join us this Monday, July 20 for a Monumental Statewide Day of Action! Bring a friend, a sign (we’ll provide some too), and be ready to raise your voice against the Utah politicians who supported Trump's actions—reducing both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 90%.

*Note: we have canceled the Bountiful location and instead will be meeting in Ogden. 

We'll be hosting events in Salt Lake, Provo, St. George and Moab. If you live in a town not listed and want to host your own pop-up protest, email Mimi at mimi@suwa.org and we'll provide a toolkit.

Note: SUWA advocates strongly for protecting Utah’s wild lands with strategies that meaningfully engage all cultures and abilities. We do so respectfully and firmly and we act within the law. We do not condone violence or destruction of property.

See you Monday! #protectwildutah
We’ve created monument-specific maps showing the n We’ve created monument-specific maps showing the new boundaries - Slide #1: Grand Staircase-Escalante. Slide #2: Bears Ears. Trump has decimated these two National Monuments by a combined 3 million acres, or over 90%. 

SUWA will fight this in every way we can, using every tool in our toolbox for as long as necessary. Once again this will include litigation in the federal court system; we’ve been leading and participating in various cases since Trump’s first attempt at national monument reductions in 2017, and we will challenge today’s unlawful action in court.

Our response also includes ramping up our efforts to promote America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, which would protect much of the land included in the monuments as wilderness. It will mean working closely with the @bearsearscoalition and @grandstaircasecoalition and our other nonprofit partners. It will mean continuing to work closely with our congressional champions and activating our members and activists in Utah and across the nation.

In moments like this, it’s easy to feel despair, and we understand why. There are many hard days and hard fights ahead—more weeks and months that will test our resolve to do the difficult work that can feel like one step forward, two steps back. But SUWA and the Protect Wild Utah movement are in this for the long haul, and we have a proven track record of defending the redrock against long odds.

We’re able to do the hard work of building powerful political support for public lands in Utah because we have so many passionate supporters like you nationwide. We’ll be calling on you again soon to reach out to your members of Congress, to spread the word about threats to Utah’s wild places, to join us in on-the-ground landscape protection, and more.

Thank you for standing with us.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 President Trump just signed two 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

President Trump just signed two executive orders reducing Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by a combined 3 million acres according to media reports; both lie in the heart of redrock country in southern Utah.

Stay tuned for next steps.

Slide 1 photo credit: Kieran Corrigan
Media reporting indicates that on Monday, July 13 Media reporting indicates that on Monday, July 13 President Trump will sign two presidential proclamations/executive orders attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, both of which lie in the heart of redrock country in southern Utah. 

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