Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the establishment of the National Wilderness Preservation System! Since it was signed into law in 1964, this groundbreaking federal legislation has been used by Congress to protect 112 million acres of our nation’s remarkable public lands across 44 states....
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The recent Washington Post article highlighting Utah Rep. John Curtis’s opportunistic use of clean-energy tax credits he voted against is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to the congressman’s abysmal environmental record. That record includes recent attacks on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed “Public Lands...
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Good news! Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) will soon reintroduce America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in the 118th Congress. Next week, activists from across the U.S. will gather in Washington, DC to meet with their elected officials and ask them to cosponsor this important legislation. There’s...
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We’re about a month and a half into the new Congress and priorities of both the Senate and the House of Representatives are beginning to coalesce as committees are seated, staff are hired, and legislation is introduced. There was some delay this year as House Republicans struggled to install a...
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Action opportunity for residents of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees 245 million acres of land largely spread across 12 western states. These lands provide real, quantifiable carbon sequestration and climate adaptation benefits, conserve scarce water resources, and serve...
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