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...
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America’s Great Outdoors in Seattle
America’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Seattle, WA July 1, 2010 Post by Allen Stockbridge On Thursday, July 1st, I attended the America’s Great Outdoors listening session in Seattle. There were about 500 people attending. After meeting in a large group, with an introduction and orientation to the event, the group...
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America’s Great Outdoors in New Mexico
America’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Albuquerque, NM July 17, 2010 Post by Don Boyd There were about 400 participants in the Great Outdoors Listening Event I attended in Albuquerque on July 17. A youth involvement forum had been held among youth earlier in the day and a pair of teen...
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A Field Report from Brooke Williams
Video by Brooke Williams, SUWA Field Advocate
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Utah Wilderness News, July 22, 2010
The future of Cedar Mesa wilderness proposal unclear San Juan County residents who don’t want outgoing Sen. Bob Bennett’s land bill to die have formed a grass-roots organization, Friends of Cedar Mesa, to keep citizens in the loop while wilderness-designation discussions hang in limbo. Accommodating the seemingly perpetual arguments about...
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