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Comments Due April 15th on Public Land Leasing Program

The Biden administration has begun the process of reviewing and modernizing the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) outdated and broken oil and gas leasing program—and not a moment too soon. As President Biden recognized in his January 27th executive order, “[w]e have a narrow moment to pursue action at home...

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15 Women Who Helped Shape the Utah Wilderness Movement

Today, in honor of National Women’s History Month, we harken back to the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to recognize the pivotal role of women in the early decades of the Utah wilderness movement. In the interest of brevity, we have chosen to highlight just a few of the remarkable and...

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 23: Moving Backward on Climate and 30 x 30

In this episode, we take on the climate implications of the Bureau of Land Management’s “vegetation removal” program. Previously, we’ve discussed this clearcutting of mostly healthy pinyon-juniper forest in the name of “habitat restoration” – a practice that mostly benefits domestic livestock grazers. SUWA Wildlands Attorney Kya Marienfeld joins us...

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