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Why do Mainers care about protecting Wild Utah?

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Maine for the Common Ground Country Fair, an event that combines the usual fair activities with a passion for organic and sustainable agriculture and environmental and social justice causes.  For the past two years, I have been assisting the Mainers...

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Which Americans Get a Say in the Fate of Public Lands in Utah?

Looking through my colleagues’ photos and videos taken at last Saturday’s “Take Back Utah” rally, I became confused. For years, one of the main arguments against America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act – the Utah Wilderness Coalition’s flagship BLM wilderness bill – has been that since 1993 the legislation has been...

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Tell the Obama Administration to Protect Wilderness-Quality Public Lands

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...

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