Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
The Trump administration’s rush for “energy dominance” encounters another setback in Utah; BLM forced to reanalyze environmental impacts of oil and gas development For Immediate Release Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Ann Alexander, Natural Resources Defense Council, 415.875.8243, aalexander@nrdc.org Phil Hanceford, The Wilderness Society, 303.225.4636, phil_hanceford@tws.org...
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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 of miles open to motorized use—forever changing the area’s stunning and remote wild lands, and turning them into a playground...
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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 County from its March 2019 lease sale “due to additional environmental analysis required.” The proposed leases were on the doorstep...
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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 and exploring Bears Ears National Monument, it is easy to lose oneself in the beauty and isolation of its many...
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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 January 3, 2018 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991 Salt Lake...
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