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Utah Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Open and Public Meetings Act Cases

Feb 25th, 2021 Written by suwa

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance lawsuits challenging secret 2017 meetings held between Kane, Garfield and San Juan County Commissions and Trump officials can proceed Contact: Laura Peterson, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, […]

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 22: A Not-so-Swell Travel Plan

Feb 24th, 2021 Written by suwa

The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments for a new travel management plan for the spectacular San Rafael Swell. With the designation of new wilderness areas in the […]

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Travel Plan: Tell the BLM to Protect the San Rafael Swell

Feb 23rd, 2021 Written by Laura Peterson

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently developing a travel management plan for Utah’s spectacular San Rafael Swell and your input is urgently needed, especially if you’ve visited the […]

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Ask Your Reps to Cosponsor America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in the 117th Congress!

Feb 19th, 2021 Written by suwa

In just a few weeks, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) will reintroduce America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in the 117th Congress! This legislation is the grand […]

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Interior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Feb 18th, 2021 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org  Laura Welp, Western Watersheds Project, 435-899-0204, laura@westernwatersheds.org  Decision finds BLM failed to consider project alternatives that would have […]

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Today the Department of the Interior announced its Today the Department of the Interior announced its rescission of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Public Lands Rule. 

The Public Lands Rule established a “… framework to ensure healthy landscapes, abundant wildlife habitat, clean water, and balanced decision-making on our nation’s public lands.” It did not preclude any uses on BLM-managed public lands; it puts conservation on equal footing with grazing, mining, and energy production, and promoted restoration, provided for responsible development, and conserved intact healthy landscapes. 

The Rule was the product of an extensive, years-long public process with multiple in-person and online meetings and opportunities for public comment. 92% of the comments received by BLM supported the Rule.
From coast to coast, activists all across the coun From coast to coast, activists all across the country have been advocating for Grand Staircase-Escalante. From meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to postcard campaigns and meetings in local congressional offices—one thing is clear: CONGRESS SHOULD PROTECT OUR PARKS & MONUMENTS! The momentum is building.

Want to get involved? Reach out to your regional organizer to learn more at suwa.org/suwa-regional-organizers (link in bio). #protectwildutah #nationalmonuments #publiclands #keeppubliclandsinpublichands
Last week we asked you to take action to protect t Last week we asked you to take action to protect the Labyrinth Canyon area from a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to authorize the Keg Knoll backcountry airstrip for private aircraft takeoffs and landings. Now, the BLM’s Canyon Country District is proposing to designate TEN additional backcountry airstrips in the Moab and Monticello areas in remote locations. SIX of these locations are in highly-sensitive wildlife, wilderness-quality, or Monument-adjacent lands and should not be designated.

Please TAKE ACTION NOW using our easy action tool, it takes less than 2 minutes! (link in bio)

None of these airstrips have ever been officially designated, and despite past impacts from unauthorized use, most are essentially reclaimed and no longer functional for takeoff or landing. Reopening them would require removal of mature native plants like blackbrush, rabbitbrush, and junipers, fragmenting habitat and degrading wilderness characteristics that took years to recover. Several locations sit within BLM-identified wilderness-quality lands or directly adjacent to Bears Ears National Monument, where aircraft noise and visual intrusions would diminish the solitude, natural soundscapes, and cultural landscapes these areas were meant to protect.

Swipe to see where the most problematic airstrips are located.
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announc Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it would be reconsidering the San Rafael Desert and San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plans. Those two plans were finalized in 2022 and 2025 and guide where motorized vehicle use is allowed across more than 1.5 million acres of BLM-managed lands in Utah’s redrock country.  Those plans designated hundreds of miles of new motorized vehicle routes and authorized public motorized use on them. Now the Trump Administration’s BLM plans to go even further, increasing motorized recreation at the expense of all other public lands users. 

For more info visit link in bio. #protectwildutah
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