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Conservation Groups Intervene to Protect Utah Monuments, Antiquities Act

Nov 22nd, 2022 Written by suwa

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 […]

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Protect the Future of Bears Ears: Comments Due October 31st!

Oct 27th, 2022 Written by Judi Brawer

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 […]

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 38: Bears Ears – An Indigenous Perspective

Oct 24th, 2022 Written by suwa

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 […]

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Statement on State of Utah Filing Federal Lawsuit over Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears National Monuments

Aug 24th, 2022 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org  Moab, UT (August 24, 2022) – Today, the State of Utah, along with Garfield and Kane […]

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Say It Isn’t So?! Utah Solicits Bids to Sue Over National Monuments Restoration

Nov 29th, 2021 Written by suwa

It’s been a month and a half since President Biden’s Rose Garden ceremony where he fully restored Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments and righted one of the most […]

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Yesterday, The Center for Biological Diversity fil Yesterday, The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management for quietly approving a hydrocarbon highway through Utah’s scenic, culturally and historically significant Gate Canyon in the West Tavaputs Plateau region of eastern Utah. 

Gate Canyon feeds into Nine Mile Canyon — a world-renowned archaeological area that contains more than 10,000 unique, irreplaceable cultural, historical and archaeological resources.  The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) filed a similar 60-day notice in April. Both notices say the BLM and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by not considering the project’s threats to Mexican spotted owls, despite the fact that the BLM identified the cliffs near the proposed blasting areas as potential owl habitat. 

Read more in our full press release—link in bio.
🚨 DEADLINE TOMORROW 🚨 ACT NOW! Link in bio. The B 🚨 DEADLINE TOMORROW 🚨 ACT NOW! Link in bio.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to designate the High Desert Trail, a roughly 810-mile off-road vehicle (ORV) route running north to south across western Utah. 

As currently proposed, the High Desert Trail would push a highly promoted ORV route through one of the most sensitive landscapes in southwestern Utah. In Washington County, the proposed route would thread a narrow passage between the designated Cougar Canyon and Slaughter Creek Wilderness Areas, continue through the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area (NCA), and terminate in “Zone 6” of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve near St. George—a world-class recreation area and important habitat for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise. 

The BLM is accepting public comments through Tuesday, June 16.
A HUGE thank you to all the activists, partners, a A HUGE thank you to all the activists, partners, and organizations who spoke up for Grand Staircase-Escalante! This wouldn’t have been possible without you. ❤️‍🔥

Senator Mike Lee’s effort to fast-track an attack on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) has failed. The CRA includes a provision that allows the Senate to pass a joint resolution via a simple majority, but it must act within 60 Senate session days after that action is entered into the Congressional Record. Thursday, June 11, that clock ran out—meaning Senator Lee’s resolution is now subject to the 60-vote filibuster should he attempt to bring it up for consideration.

The Utah elected officials leading this attack, Senator Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy, were some of the same members behind the 2025 failed public lands sell-off attempts. Then, as now, their ideas are deeply unpopular and have been fiercely opposed.

For more info, visit link in bio. #protectwildutah

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Yesterday, the State of Utah announced it signed a Yesterday, the State of Utah announced it signed a Cooperative Management Agreement with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area in southern Utah; the Area was established as part of the 2019 Dingell Act.

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Today marks the 120th anniversary of the Antiquiti Today marks the 120th anniversary of the Antiquities Act—a simple yet powerful tool that protects some of the most magnificent places in our country. Since 1906, it’s given presidents the ability to preserve wild landscapes, cultural sites, biodiversity, wildlife and so much more.

One of those places is Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument—proof of how one piece of legislation can safeguard millions of years of history, science, and beauty in a single moment. That special place is now at risk. 

Honor the anniversary of the Antiquities Act by taking action TODAY. Call your Senator at 202-224-3121, or email them in just one click at the link in our bio—and urge them to VOTE NO on the resolution attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante.

📸 Kieran Corrigan
📍Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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