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Even Gail Norton Doesn’t See Land Seizure as Viable

You know you’ve got a problem when even George W. Bush’s former Interior Secretary doesn’t think the Utah land grab will succeed. From E & E (subscription required): Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton questioned the viability today of conservatives’ efforts to transfer federal lands to state control… Asked by Utah...

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Study Confirms Utah Land Grab Idea Half Baked

If Illegal Land Seizure Were to Occur, State Would Profit Only Through Heavy Industrialization of Utah’s Wildlands For Immediate Release. Contact: David Garbett, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3992 Salt Lake City – Today, a team of economists from three Utah universities released a report which shows that if Utah were to...

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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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