February 2019 scientific review counters claims made by agencies on environmental benefits of vegetation removal on public lands Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (April 10, 2019) […]
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Grand Staircase-Escalante Under Siege
Even as it solicits public comments on how to (mis)manage the illegally-reduced Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with two terrible “vegetation management” […]
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CategoriesChaining
BLM Backs Down on Controversial Pinyon-Juniper Obliteration Projects in Utah’s West Desert
Last fall, SUWA filed a lawsuit to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from destroying pinyon-juniper woodlands through “chaining” and “bull-hog” projects in an area of Utah’s West Desert […]
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CategoriesChaining
Report Highlights Need for Better Science on Vegetation Removal and Chaining
Over the past few weeks, the State of Utah and other organizations have taken to the airwaves and Internet to bolster support for vegetation removal projects on Bureau of Land […]
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CategoriesGrand Staircase-Escalante
Chaining in Grand Staircase? SUWA Goes on the Air
The Bureau of Land Management in Utah is ramping up a failed policy called chaining—in which bulldozers drag anchor chains to uproot and destroy native pinyon and juniper forests and […]
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