Conservation Groups Reach Settlement Requiring Bureau of Land Management to Abandon Rule Allowing Destruction of Pinyon-Juniper Habitats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2023 Contact:Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (435) […]
Read MoreInterior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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 […]
Read MoreLawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States
Contacts: Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (435) 259-5440, kya@suwa.org Paul Ruprecht, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 421-4637, paul@westernwatersheds.org Connie Howard, Sierra […]
Read MoreEleventh-hour Trump Actions Prolong a “Scorched Earth” Policy that Threatens Western Public Lands
Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 573-228-1061, kya@suwa.org Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, 802-299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Gwen Dobbs, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0269, gdobbs@defenders.org Chris Krupp, WildEarth Guardians, 206-417-6363, ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org […]
Read MoreSUWA’s Legal Challenge Halts Large Vegetation Removal Project in Utah’s Remote Book Cliffs
For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Wood, Wildlands Attorney, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-355-0716, oliver@suwa.org Moab, Utah (October 5, 2020) – Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew its […]
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