Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Reintroduced in the 118th Congress Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance * Natural Resources Defense Council * Sierra Club For Immediate Release: April 26, 2023 Contact: Travis Hammill, DC Director, SUWA, (202) 266-0472, travis@suwa.orgKabir Green, Director of Federal Affairs, NRDC, (646) 823-4518, kgreen@nrdc.orgAthan Manuel, Director of 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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SUWA is pleased to announce that on Friday April 29th, at their 117th annual convention, lay and clergy delegates of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah passed a Resolution in Support of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act and for the Perpetual Protection and Management of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National...
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Great news! Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging her department to designate new wilderness study areas as part of the Biden administration’s goal of protecting 30 percent of public lands and waters by 2030. That crucial goal simply isn’t possible without the...
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