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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 29: Reimagining Recreation

Oct 20th, 2021 Written by suwa

Human-powered recreation is exploding on public lands throughout the west, with Southern Utah as the poster child for unsustainable growth and associated impacts to resources and user experiences. These problems […]

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Help shape the future of Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest

Oct 15th, 2021 Written by Kya Marienfeld

Want a say in how the Forest Service manages public lands and mountain ecosystems outside of Moab? The Manti-La Sal National Forest, which includes distinct forest units in the La […]

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Speak up for the Manti-La Sal National Forest!

Oct 15th, 2021 Written by suwa

The Manti-La Sal National Forest, which encompasses the La Sal and Abajo mountains of southeast Utah’s canyon country and a majority of the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah, is currently […]

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BIG NEWS: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalente Restored!

Oct 8th, 2021 Written by suwa

Did you hear the big news? President Biden just restored Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments to their original boundaries, protecting more than 2 million acres of Utah’s redrock […]

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SUWA’s Response to President Biden’s Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Oct 8th, 2021 Written by suwa

“President Biden’s restoration of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments will be hailed by generations for protecting some of the nation’s wildest and most culturally significant public lands. It’s […]

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Yesterday, SUWA filed a lawsuit and moved for an e Yesterday, SUWA filed a lawsuit and moved for an emergency injunction in federal district court, alleging that Garfield County, Utah violated federal law when it began making unauthorized “improvements” to the Hole-in-the-Rock Road. 

The Road runs from the junction of Highway 12, east of the town of Escalante, to the top of the cliffs above the Colorado River within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Surrounded by wilderness-quality lands, 57 of the road’s 62 miles are within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and 16 miles of the road are in Garfield County. It is an unpaved, primarily dirt road and core to the remote experience that defines the 1.9-million-acre National Monument. 

Garfield County is no stranger to ignoring federal laws. The county is currently conducting and plans to continue conducting unauthorized road improvements on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road including realigning and widening the road and chip sealing (effectively paving) a 10-mile stretch of the road.

For more info, visit link in bio.

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘵: 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘵
SUWA and partners are hosting an emergency webinar SUWA and partners are hosting an emergency webinar in defense of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, this Monday, February 9th on Zoom at 6:00 pm MT! 

Register at link in bio.

Utah's congressional delegation is expected to introduce a “Joint Resolution” in Congress that, if passed, would undo the current Monument Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante. 

Making this all possible is a little-known law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Join us on Monday to learn about the background of this obscure law and how its unorthodox application could not only impact Grand Staircase-Escalante, but is also being used to upend public land protections across the country. 

We'll spend the second half of the call highlighting ways we can all fight back and defend the monument, including by contacting members of Congress and requesting in-district meetings.

Please share this invite with your professional contacts, friends, and family. We encourage attendance regardless of where you live, but especially 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗵𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼, 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 (𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆), 𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣!
Registration is now live for our 2026 Stewardship Registration is now live for our 2026 Stewardship Project Season! Join us for a new year (and decade) of volunteer projects as we support the protection of public lands in Utah. The first project is only a month away, so sign up now to secure your spot!

To read more about each project, check out the project calendar page (link in bio). Individuals may apply for up to two projects for the 2026 season. Please be aware that some of these projects fill up fast. 

This year, we’ll return to many familiar places (as well as several new ones). We are deepening our work in the established sciences while remaining true to our roots in restorative naturalization and human impact mitigation across desert ecosystems. As in years past, we will feature a slew of offerings within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. If you haven’t yet contacted your members of Congress in defense of the monument, please do so today!

Thank you for your support as we continue tackling this hard but rewarding work together. I hope you will join a project this year and, in doing so, grow our amazing community of wilderness stewards. If you have any questions, please reach out to volunteer@suwa.org.
Today a coalition of six local, Utah-based, and na Today a coalition of six local, Utah-based, and national conservation organizations sued the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for illegally reapproving the four-lane Northern Corridor Highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George, Utah. 

Conservation groups filed the lawsuit after receiving information that the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) would be starting ground-disturbing activities for the highway’s construction based on interim authorizations from BLM and despite BLM having yet to approve a required highway development plan for public lands managed by the agency. 

The proposed Northern Corridor Highway would carve a high-speed highway through designated critical habitat for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise within Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. It would damage iconic redrock landscapes, disrupt treasured outdoor recreation opportunities, and set a dangerous precedent for congressionally protected public lands across the U.S.

For more info visit link in bio. #protectwildutah
¡El Monumento Nacional Grand Staircase Escalante e ¡El Monumento Nacional Grand Staircase Escalante está bajo ataque! Hemos sabido que la delegación congregacional de Utah (los senadores Lee y Curtis y los representantes Owens, Moore, Maloy y Kennedy) planea presentar en el Congreso una “resolución conjunta” que, de ser aprobada, anularía el plan de manejo actual del monumento Grand Staircase Escalante.

ACTÚA AHORA! https://suwa.quorum.us/campaign/154758/

Por favor, comunícate hoy mismo con tus representantes en el Congreso, tanto de la Cámara de Representantes como del Senado, ¡y pídeles que voten NO a la resolución conjunta!
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