Cedar Mesa deserves wilderness designation Sen. Bob Bennett wants to expand the model for wilderness designation that he and Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson put together for Washington County. But now that Bennett won’t be returning to the Senate next year, the unprecedented progress he made in bringing various stakeholders together...

Wilderness/natural gas agreement wins praise from the Salt Lake Tribune “The epic battle for public lands pitting energy developers against environmental groups has yielded few compromises and even fewer agreements outside a courtroom. But the Bill Barrett Corp. and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance have managed to achieve both, to...

Historic Agreement will protect Desolation Canyon SALT LAKE CITY (July 29, 2010): Today, a coalition of conservation organizations announced they have reached an historic agreement with the Bill Barrett Corporation, a Denver-based oil and gas company. The West Tavaputs agreement ensures that the Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River...