FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 28, 2016 Moab, UT — In response to President Barack Obama designating the Bears Ears National Monument, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) Executive Director Scott Groene […]
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Press Release: Statement on the Failure of Representative Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2016 Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, SUWA 801-712-5034 Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s spokesperson said “The House just took its last vote of the year.” […]
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PLI’s Last Stand (in the House Natural Resources Committee)
Today, the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee “marked up” Rep. Rob Bishop’s terrible Public Lands Initiative (PLI)—the bill that seeks to roll back federal land protections, unleash a fossil […]
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SUWA Statement on Senator Mike Lee’s One-Sided Field Hearing in Blanding
In response to Senator Mike Lee’s “field hearing” in Blanding today to discuss the Public Lands Initiative (PLI) and “the potential impacts of large-scale monument designations,” Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) Executive Director Scott Groene released the following statement:
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Huge Crowd Turns Out in Support of a Bears Ears Monument at Public Meeting in Bluff, Utah
A huge crowd of more than 1,400 people poured into the tiny southeastern Utah town of Bluff on Saturday to attend a public meeting hosted by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell […]
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