Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jen Ujifusa, Legislative Director, jen@suwa.org Washington, DC (May 11, 2021) – Yesterday, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced S. 1535, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, the seminal legislation that would protect 8.4 million acres of public lands in Utah as wilderness. The wild and expansive lands proposed...
Read More FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org Moab, UT (May 6, 2021) – Today, the White House released the “America the Beautiful” initiative to reach the U.S. goal of conserving 30 percent of the country’s lands and waters by 2030. In response, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) executive...
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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 15, 2021) – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) executive director Scott Groene issued the following statement: “Utah’s public lands suffered significant damage...
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This Friday, March 12th, marks the second anniversary of the Emery County Public Land Management Act becoming law as part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The Emery Act is one of the largest wilderness bills in a decade to become law, protecting 663,000 acres...
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