Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Earlier this summer we asked you to take action to protect some of southeast Utah’s most remote and ecologically sensitive landscapes from a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to authorize ten backcountry airstrips in the Moab and Monticello areas. Despite thousands of comments critiquing the proposal, the BLM approved...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2026 Recreation, Conservation Groups Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback – 8.25.26 Proposal would gut protections for fish and wildlife, create chaos for public lands users Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2026 Utah Senator Mike Lee Wants to Speed Up the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument – 8.20.26 Piling on top of Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon fast-track an attempt to rip up the national monument’s land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2026 Mining Claims Filed Immediately After Trump Decimates National Monuments in Utah – 8.14.26 Attempts to file mining claims in Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments shows industry clamoring to exploit landscapes Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgAutumn...
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