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Press Release: Conservation Groups Challenge Pipeline Proposal in Scenic Moab Corridor
Allege Utah BLM illegally piecemealing oil and gas development Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991; Devorah Ancel, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, 415.977.5721 SALT LAKE CITY – Last Friday, October 31, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Sierra Club challenged a decision by the Bureau of Land Management’s...
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San Juan County Wilderness Alternatives Fall Far Too Short
San Juan County, which contains some of redrock country’s most magnificent treasures, is developing a wilderness proposal in response to Congressman Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative. Unfortunately, the three alternatives recently proposed by the San Juan County Lands Council fall far short of protecting some of the most outstanding wild lands...
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Greater Canyonlands: An Undiscovered Paleontological Treasure Trove
Today, October 15th is National Fossil Day! We celebrate it with the acknowledgement that as a repository of scientific discovery, Greater Canyonlands holds a treasure trove of found and yet-to-be-found paleontological secrets. The geologic formations that dominate southeastern Utah are known for harboring numerous dinosaur tracks and bones, ancient fossilized...
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Moab Residents Welcome Greater Canyonlands National Monument Discussion
This past Friday, more than 150 residents of Moab turned out at the historic Star Hall for an evening with the Greater Canyonlands Coalition to talk about Greater Canyonlands: The Next 50 Years. The event started out with a reading by author Terry Tempest Williams. And was followed by a special...
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