Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
SUWA Statement on 6.22.23 House Natural Resources Public Lands Subcommittee Hearing Regarding Bears Ears Land Exchange (H.R.3049) June 22, 2023FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (801) 428-3981 (steve@suwa.org) Salt Lake City, UT – SUWA Legal Director Steve Bloch issued the following statement regarding...
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Conservation Groups Granted Intervention to Defend Utah National Monuments Tribes Granted Separate Motion to Intervene in December FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981, steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, Utah — A Utah federal judge has granted a motion to intervene filed by conservation groups in defense...
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Conservation Groups Intervene to Protect Utah Monuments, Antiquities Act Four Tribes Intervened Last Week in Lawsuits Attacking Antiquities Act For Immediate Release November 22, 2022 Contacts: Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, 202-792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981, steve@suwa.org Sara Husby, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, 773-491-9716,...
Read More With Bears Ears National Monument now restored to its original boundaries, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting preliminary input (known as “scoping comments”) on how to manage the monument. This is a historic opportunity to ensure that the monument is managed for its unique and extraordinary values, and...
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Bears Ears National Monument has been in the news for years due to its status as a national monument being in flux– and as it finally enters its official planning process, we’re looking to Indigenous leaders to tell us what co-management (and the change in agency culture it could take...
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