Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Planning stage begins for Washington County "The Bureau of Land Management has started the three-year process of implementing the provisions of a massive lands bill passed last year by Congress, which designated 256,338 acres of public lands as wilderness. New management plans are needed for the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve...
Read MoreColoradans have a stake in the future of Utah's public lands "Utah public lands being considered for possible wilderness designation concern Coloradans, judging from the number of Colorado license plates in the area every spring, said Terri Martin, of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance." Read more – Grand Junction Free...
Read MoreAmerica’s Great Outdoors Montana Listening Session Bozeman, MontanaWednesday, June 2, 2010 Montana State UniversityPost by Ron Craighead An introductory speech was given by Will Shefolk who works directly under Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior. The stated purpose of these sessions was to ‘reconnect’ to people and issues regarding wilderness...
Read MoreAmerica’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Bozeman, MT June 2, 2010 Blog post by Carolyn Hopper My impression of the “Listening ” session was that it went well. The 200 or so who attended were in break out sessions after a short film which restated the statements in the hand outs...
Read MoreSUWA Grassroots Leaders Retreat, Moab, Utah May 14-16, 2010 Blog entry by Stephen Trimble We were exhilarated by the setting—Canyonlands Field Institute—nestled against the buttes and spires separating Utah’s Professor and Castle valleys. The La Sal Mountains rose to elegant snowy points, upcanyon, and sunset dramatized the red buttresses of...
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