Last night I sat knee to knee in a theatre packed to the brim with almost 800 people and listened to Aron Ralston – the inspiration for the movie 127 Hours – tell his story.
Read MoreSpeak Out Against Irresponsible Oil Shale & Tar Sands Development!
Next week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold two public meetings in Utah to take comments on its 2012 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS). Please come and make sure your voice is heard in favor of protecting Utah’s redrock wilderness!
Read MoreA Dangerous Proposal
Utah Governor Gary Herbert not only wants to get rid of protections for Utah’s wild lands -- now he’s supporting legislation that demands the federal government sell all of the public land in Utah.
Read MoreUtah Wilderness News, February 29, 2012
The Greater Canyonlands campaign has spread to Colorado!
Read MoreHolt, Grijalva press BLM on Utah’s Phantom Roads Lawsuit
We’ve known for months that the State of Utah plans to bring a reckless suit against the Department of Interior to get claim to 18,000 “routes” across federal lands--most of them dirt tracks, dry washes and cow paths. Today we learned members of Congress are aware of it too, and...
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