Last Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft travel management plan for the San Rafael Desert in Emery County, Utah that would more than double the number […]
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CategoriesBears Ears
Good News in San Juan County
Following public outcry and a formal protest from SUWA, this week the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) deferred all of its proposed oil and gas leases in San Juan […]
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CategoriesField Journal
Reports from the Field: An Archaeologist on Cedar Mesa
Reports From the Field is a blog of SUWA’s Field Volunteers, accounting experiences, reflections and activism from time spent in direct service of Utah’s wild and public lands. When hiking […]
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CategoriesUncategorized
Conservation Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Decision to Threaten National Monuments, Irreplaceable Cultural Resources with Oil and Gas Leasing and Development
Federal Public Lands Targeted for Oil and Gas Development near Bears Ears, Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments, and Culturally Significant Areas in Southeast Utah For Immediate Release […]
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CategoriesUncategorized
Badgers Speak Up for Keeping Public Lands in Public Hands
A band of badgers confronted Utah state officials today about their efforts to turn federal public lands over to the state of Utah to own or manage. “How can we […]
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