Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Bad legislation on hold for August recess, but remains a threat. 2. We're over halfway to our goal of collecting 10,000 postcards for Greater Canyonlands! 3. Join fellow redrock activists at SUWA events this fall! 4. The list of redrock...
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Utah Wilderness News, August 3, 2011
Here's a roundup of some of this past week's news on the "Great Outdoors Giveaway"
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San Juan County and State of Utah Appeal Salt Creek Court Decision
In their dogged battle to control federal public lands, San Juan County and the State of Utah have filed notices of appeal challenging the Federal District Court’s decision that Salt Creek in Canyonlands National Park is not a highway.
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Impassioned defense of wildlands
In the morass of anti-environmental, anti-wilderness, anti-clean air and anti-clean water initiatives that have defiled the appropriations process for funding the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agencies and others that protect our planet, it’s nice to see that some members of Congress are still interested in preserving America’s natural resources.
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House champs stand up to “Great Outdoors Giveaway”
Nearly 60 million acres of protected public lands were put on the chopping block yesterday, as Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s “Great Outdoors Giveaway” Act, HR 1581, received a hearing in the Public Lands Subcommittee.
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