Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Just as we were about to say goodbye to 2015, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a welcome decision in our longstanding Utah resource management plan litigation. On December 30th the Circuit Court denied a request by the BLM to indefinitely delay surveys for cultural artifacts on lands...
Read MoreSOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE * EARTHJUSTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2015 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Robin Cooley, Earthjustice, 303.996.9611 SALT LAKE CITY: Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, CO rejected a request by the Bureau of Land...
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We have two good pieces of news to share as this week comes to a close. First, BLM’s Utah state office decided to postpone the November 2015 oil and gas lease sale and the offering of 36 parcels (totaling more than 36,000 acres) in the Vernal, Price and Fillmore field...
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Tired of hearing about lease sales and drilling proposals in the heart of Utah’s canyon country? Now is your chance to influence the planning process and keep new roads, oil rigs, waste pits, and pipelines out of Utah’s most iconic redrock landscapes. The BLM’s Canyon Country District Office is accepting...
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In August, the BLM’s Canyon Country District Office released the long-awaited Moab Master Leasing Plan for public review and comment. When finalized, this plan will govern the scope, pace and nature of oil, gas and potash development on more than 750,000 acres of public lands in the stunning Moab area....
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