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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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Help Protect the Redrock in 2019 and Beyond!

Dec 11th, 2018 Written by suwa

Relentless. That’s the word that best describes the assault on Utah’s public lands from the Trump administration and Utah politicians over the past 12 months. From President Trump’s illegal reduction […]

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SUWA Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit Produces Documents Linking Trump Interior Department to Oil-Gas-Coal Interests

Nov 28th, 2018 Written by Steve Bloch

Shortly after the Trump administration took office in 2017, SUWA filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Interior and Justice Departments seeking records related to several then-pending […]

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What Legacy is Hatch Really Leaving Us?

Oct 12th, 2018 Written by suwa

SUWA Executive Director Scott Groene has an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune today: At the end of his 40-plus year tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, […]

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#NotSoSwell Bill Passes Senate Committee: What You Can Do

Oct 4th, 2018 Written by Jen Ujifusa

Sen. Orrin Hatch’s (R-UT) “Not-so-Swell” bill, the Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018, passed a Senate markup Tuesday on voice vote. The bill remains a one-sided proposal from […]

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Yesterday, the State of Utah announced it signed a Yesterday, the State of Utah announced it signed a Cooperative Management Agreement with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area in southern Utah; the Area was established as part of the 2019 Dingell Act.

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Today marks the 120th anniversary of the Antiquiti Today marks the 120th anniversary of the Antiquities Act—a simple yet powerful tool that protects some of the most magnificent places in our country. Since 1906, it’s given presidents the ability to preserve wild landscapes, cultural sites, biodiversity, wildlife and so much more.

One of those places is Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument—proof of how one piece of legislation can safeguard millions of years of history, science, and beauty in a single moment. That special place is now at risk. 

Honor the anniversary of the Antiquities Act by taking action TODAY. Call your Senator at 202-224-3121, or email them in just one click at the link in our bio—and urge them to VOTE NO on the resolution attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante.

📸 Kieran Corrigan
📍Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Last Friday, after most people left work, Presiden Last Friday, after most people left work, President Trump announced the repeal of two executive orders (11644 and 11989) that govern off-road vehicle (ORV) use on public lands nationwide. He also directed federal land management agencies to rescind or revise their regulations implementing these orders, setting the stage for chaos and confusion across the country. 

For a bit of background, Presidents Nixon and Carter issued those executive orders in response to an explosive increase in ORV use in the 1960s and 70s across public lands and the corresponding environmental damage and conflict. Together, the orders directed federal land management agencies to develop regulations to address that increasing ORV use by “minimizing” the resultant impacts . This included locating ORV areas and trails to minimize damage to public land resources and wildlife as well as conflicts between different recreationists. The orders also empowered agencies to act swiftly to close areas to ORVs when they are causing or will cause considerable damage to natural and cultural resources. 

For roughly 50 years, these orders have helped protect streams, wildlife and their habitats, and opportunities for safe recreation by providing clear and consistent guidance for motorized and nonmotorized users on Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service lands.

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Share this post and tag your members of Congress—u Share this post and tag your members of Congress—urging them to VOTE NO on the resolutions attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument! #protectwildutah
Join us this evening to hear the latest on the CRA Join us this evening to hear the latest on the CRA attack on Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. You’ll hear from Native leaders, scientists, former Bureau of Land Management staff, and others. 

Register at link in @protectwildutah's bio. See you tonight, 6pm MT!
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