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Author: Steve Bloch

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Good News! Court Rejects Drilling in Upper Desolation Canyon

Oct 13th, 2016 Written by Steve Bloch

A federal judge recently issued an order rejecting a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River in eastern Utah. This ruling received local and national media attention. The plan at issue in the ruling is part of the highly controversial Gasco...

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Press Release: Court Rejects Drilling in Upper Desolation Canyon

Oct 4th, 2016 Written by Steve Bloch

SALT LAKE CITY (October 5, 2016) – A federal judge has rejected a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon on the Green River in eastern Utah.

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Press Release: Federal Appeals Court Clears Path for State Court to Hear Taxpayer Lawsuit that Could Derail Utah RS 2477 Litigation

May 3rd, 2016 Written by Steve Bloch

Today, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order that clears the path for Tooele County resident Michael Abdo and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance to move forward with a state court lawsuit that could derail the State of Utah’s RS 2477 litigation in Tooele...

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Press Release: Obama’s Interior Department Pushes Oil Shale Plan Threatening Massive Climate Pollution, Water Use

Apr 6th, 2016 Written by Steve Bloch

The Bureau of Land Management announced this week that it is moving toward allowing dirty oil shale development that could be a double whammy for the environment, unleashing nearly a half a billion tons of greenhouse gases and consuming vast amounts Colorado River basin water.

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A Confluence of Ideas: “Keeping It in the Ground” and Protecting America’s Redrock Wilderness

Mar 8th, 2016 Written by Steve Bloch

Thanks largely to fossil fuel development and consumption and the changes they are bringing to the planet’s climate, Utah – and particularly Utah’s canyon country – is predicted to be hotter and drier than ever. In fact, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the American Southwest, including Utah,...

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Take action today! Before the new, Democratically- Take action today! Before the new, Democratically-controlled Congress arrives in January, Senate negotiators, led by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), are pushing forward permitting reform legislation that poses one of the most significant threats to America’s public lands, cultural heritage, Tribal sovereignty, and environmental protections in decades.

The deceptively-named Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) would weaken bedrock environmental laws, limit public participation, fast-track development projects, and make it far more difficult to challenge harmful decisions affecting public lands.

Please contact your senators and urge them to oppose BAAJA today! A vote could happen as soon as Monday, Nov. 9. Use the link in our bio.
Last night the trajectory changed for the redrock Last night the trajectory changed for the redrock wilderness. For the past two years we’ve been fighting for Utah’s wild places on three fronts: against a Republican-controlled Congress, against the president and his administration, and against the anti-public-lands state of Utah. Last night, when Democrats decisively took control of both the House and Senate, a new political reality emerged: one where wilderness and public lands will have champions in Congress with the power to deflect attacks from the administration.

The work ahead is hard. It will take many more hard years to restore Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, to pass the Red Rock bill, and to protect Utah’s wild places. But SUWA is in it for the long haul, and we know that people like you—at the heart of the Protect Wild Utah movement across the country—are too.

Thank you for casting your vote. Thank you for entrusting us to do this work and for financially supporting us if you’re able. We’re deeply grateful. What we said after the 2024 election still rings true: “We can protect the places and values that matter. Together, we will.”

Read our full blog post on yesterday’s election at the link in our bio.
A new Senate bill, the American Affordability and A new Senate bill, the American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), could move forward as soon as November 9. While it's being promoted as a jobs and affordability measure, it could have major consequences for public lands and some of Utah's wildest places.

The bill undermines Tribal sovereignty and rewrites provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act that would restrict what is considered an important cultural site, and make consultation with Tribes and communities optional. This bill also fast-tracks data center proposals on public lands—proposals like Project Beehive in Carbon County, Utah and many more awful things.

Read more at link in bio.
SUWA is hiring a grassroots organizer! As a region SUWA is hiring a grassroots organizer! As a regional organizer, you will recruit, train, and mobilize volunteers and activists across a multi-state region. This involves building grassroots power, organizing campaigns, responding to threats facing public lands, and connecting people to the movement to protect wild Utah.

If you are energized by building community power, working in a political environment, and protecting some of the most iconic wild landscapes in the country—apply now!

Note: this position is open to individuals currently residing in or willing to relocate to a Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern US State with regular travel to Washington, DC & Salt Lake City, UT.

For more information/how to apply, visit suwa.org/careers
📣 Tell the Forest Service to follow the Bears Ears 📣 Tell the Forest Service to follow the Bears Ears Plan for Babylon fire recovery! 🌲 (link in bio)

In late June, the Babylon Fire burned roughly 107,000 acres of the Elk Ridge landscape west of Monticello, Utah. This is the high country above Dark Canyon Wilderness, lying almost entirely within Bears Ears National Monument. Helping this landscape recover should mean protecting its cultural sites, fragile soils, streams, and wildlife. 

The Forest Service is accepting public comments through Tuesday, November 3. Please tell the agency to follow the Bears Ears plan, meaningfully involve Tribes, and put ecological recovery ahead of commercial logging!
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