More praise for Interior Secretary Salazar's holiday announcement: "The question now — and it’s a big one — is whether the bureau will exercise its restored authority." Editorial – The New York Times "Salazar realizes something that Utah’s leadership seems eager to forget, that wilderness can be at least as...
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Utah Wilderness News, December 24, 2010
Headlines from yesterday's announcement by Interior Secretary Salazar: "It’s been too long in coming, but today Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is repealing a sneak attack on millions of acres of pristine public lands in the West launched by his Bush administration predecessor Gale Norton." Read more – The Wonk Room...
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Utah Wilderness News, Restoring Wild Land Protection Edition
Interior Secretary Salazar announces policy that would protect federal wild lands “'We were very pleased that the secretary recognized the importance of wilderness to all Americans,' said Heidi McIntosh, staff attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. 'He set a very high standard that BLM will now have to implement.'...
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The Interior Department Rightly Restored Protection to Magnificent Wilderness-Quality Lands Throughout the West
Reversal of Bush-era “No More Wilderness” Policy Applauded Secretary of Interior Salazar’s new wilderness guidance gives needed protection to millions of acres of wilderness-quality lands in the West. The new policy is a critical step towards ensuring the permanent protection of the last remaining wild lands in the West. Further,...
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Protect Wilderness in the Cedar City Area! – Redrock Report December 2010
Here’s what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Ask the BLM to protect wilderness-quality lands in Utah’s West Desert! 2. Help us thank departing redrock champion Sen. Russ Feingold. 3. The Santa Fe New Mexican is the latest paper to call for an end to “No More Wilderness.”...
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