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Conservation Groups File Federal Lawsuit over BLM Decision to Allow County to Chip-Seal Utah’s Remote Burr Trail

For Immediate Release Decision Made Under Cover of Darkness to Push Through Garfield County’s Long-Held Desire to Pave Remote Desert Dirt Road Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981 steve@suwa.org Phil Hanceford, Conservation Director, The Wilderness Society, 303-225-4636, phil_hanceford@tws.org Matt Abele, Communications Manager, National Parks Conservation Association,...

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Citing New Scientific Report, SUWA Calls on BLM to Halt Mechanical “Vegetation Treatment” Projects in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

February 2019 scientific review counters claims made by agencies on environmental benefits of vegetation removal on public lands Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (April 10, 2019) – Citing a new report on the lack of scientific evidence supporting “vegetation treatment” projects on public lands, the Southern...

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 6: SUWA Gets Dirty

In this episode of Wild Utah, we discuss SUWA’s field volunteer program, which gets folks working outside across Utah to preserve and enhance the lands we’re fighting to protect. We work directly with the BLM and Forest Service to identify and implement projects that focus on wilderness and habitat preservation,...

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BLM Withdraws Permit for Helicopter Shuttles Near Bighorn Habitat Outside of Moab Following SUWA Appeal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLM Withdraws Permit for Helicopter Shuttles Near Bighorn Habitat Outside of Moab Following SUWA Appeal Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 11, 2019) – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Moab field office has withdrawn a multi-year special recreation permit authorizing a private...

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