Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Taking the fight to Utah Governor Herbert. 2. San Rafael Swell and more threatened by an awful Emery County proposal. 3. Redrock champs in Congress step up again. 4. Potash mining & tar sands -- more reasons to protect Greater...
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44 U.S. Representatives urge Obama administration to defend America’s redrock wilderness
Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today led 44 House members in urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect some of our nation's last remaining wild public lands from attempts by the State of Utah to claim ownership of those lands so that they can be developed by...
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Utah’s anti-wilderness frenzy: Herbert finds a partner in Emery County?
Yesterday, Emery County representatives presented a truly awful wilderness proposal to Governor Herbert’s Resources Committee.
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A tireless advocate for Utah wilderness
Yesterday, longtime redrock champion Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) announced he will not seek re-election.
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Full of worms: APPLE is the definition of a “land grab”
The APPLE bill allows states to “claim” five percent of the “unallocated” federal lands in their jurisdiction to increase the tax base for schools. Unallocated means anything not already designated a national park, wilderness, wilderness study area, national monument, etc.—any BLM or Forest Service land not in protected status—which, in...
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