The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently gave the green light to American Potash, a subsidiary of a Canadian mining company, to explore for potash in the Labyrinth Canyon area. Three of the four proposed core drilling sites are within the Greater Canyonlands region and on lands proposed for wilderness...
Read MoreEnd of the Line for Utah Counties/Energy Company Lawsuit!
Yesterday marked the end of a nearly five year legal challenge to former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s withdrawal of 77 oil and gas leases from Utah Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) infamous December 2008 lease sale. The end came when the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by...
Read MoreHundreds Protest Oil and Gas Lease Sale in San Rafael Swell
If the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) didn’t realize the depth of public opposition to its proposed oil and gas lease sale in the San Rafael Swell, it does now. […]
Read MoreGuest Blog: The Race to Save the San Rafael Swell
I ran with almost all of my wife’s family, the eight of us ranging in age from 31-75. We all wore shirts proclaiming a message we thought would be self-evident to anyone running through the beauty of this sandstone paradise, “Don’t Drill the San Rafael.”
Read More“Don’t Drill the San Rafael” Rally on Monday, Sept 16
If you care about the San Rafael Swell, please attend this rally on Monday and make your voice heard!
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