Last night the Republican Party gained a majority in the U.S. Senate to match its existing control of the House of Representatives. Now what? For Utah wilderness, a shift in White House control generally means more than a reshuffled congressional deck, largely because of the Executive Branch’s control of land...
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Let’s get to work in 2011!
Happy New Year from all of us at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Thank you for your strong support in 2010. Now let’s get to work in 2011! 2010 ended on a bright note with Secretary Salazar’s new wilderness guidance that could give needed protection to 6 million acres of...
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Get ready to rumble!
Photo by Lin Alder Elections matter for our public lands. Last night brought enormous change for the worse. Wilderness may be a bi-partisan issue, although it fares better under one party and that party was crushed last night. But we’ve overcome bad elections before by uniting supporters in the face...
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Utah Gov Wants to Take Utah Back(wards)
Last week, I left my home in Moab and traveled to Salt Lake City just in time to hit a “Red Alert” day — meaning the air quality was so poor that breathing could damage your lungs (yes, my driving contributed to the problem). Somehow that made it all the...
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