Steve Bloch, Author at Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

BLM Releases Draft Moab ‘Master Leasing Plan’ for Review

Aug 19th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

Last Friday, Utah BLM released the long awaited draft Moab master leasing plan (or Moab MLP) for a 90-day public review and comment period. BLM kicked off the master leasing plan process in May 2010 in direct response to litigation that SUWA and our partners brought in the last days...

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Press Release: Leasing plan for lands near Moab could reduce impacts to wilderness areas and national parks

Aug 14th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

A draft Bureau of Land Management plan released today could guide energy development away from sensitive lands near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and many outstanding proposed wilderness areas that are too wild to drill, though places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek could still be threatened.

Action Alerts

Coal Strip Mine Proposed Near Bryce Canyon

Jul 9th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

Some bad ideas just don’t go away. In 2011, with your help, we sent a clear message to the BLM to “just say no” to a proposed coal lease on the western doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park. So did the National Park Service. So did the U.S. Fish and...

Land Use Plans

Press Release: Court Orders BLM to Conduct Long Overdue Analyses and Inventories in Richfield Area to Protect from ORV Abuse

May 26th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

BLM plan designated thousands of miles of ORV routes, placing iconic western landscapes at risk SALT LAKE CITY–On Friday, May 22, the United States District Court for the District of Utah issued a long awaited ruling regarding the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Resource Management Plan and Off-Road Vehicle Travel...