Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Utah Senator Mike Lee is at it again. Earlier this year, he led a failed legislative attempt to undo the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan. In July, he couldn’t contain his joy when President Trump illegally decimated both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. And now he’s set...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2026 Utah Senator Mike Lee Wants to Speed Up the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument – 8.20.26 Piling on top of Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon fast-track an attempt to rip up the national monument’s land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2026 Mining Claims Filed Immediately After Trump Decimates National Monuments in Utah – 8.14.26 Attempts to file mining claims in Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments shows industry clamoring to exploit landscapes Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgAutumn...
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Thirty-seven senators recently signed a letter to President Trump vehemently opposing his recent monument reductions and standing up for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. That letter sent a clear message: our national monuments must not be attacked, diminished, or treated as bargaining chips. But Trump’s attacks don’t stop at monument boundaries....
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