From E&E News (subscription required): LAS VEGAS — Debate over whether and how Utah should take over federal public lands is a “waste of time” and hinders constructive dialogue between Utah and land management agencies, said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell spoke to Greenwire on the sidelines of the Western Governors’ Association...
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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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November Redrock Report
Our monthly e-newsletter with the latest on redrock wilderness news and events.
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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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