Planning stage begins for Washington County "The Bureau of Land Management has started the three-year process of implementing the provisions of a massive lands bill passed last year by Congress, which designated 256,338 acres of public lands as wilderness. New management plans are needed for the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve...

Coloradans have a stake in the future of Utah's public lands "Utah public lands being considered for possible wilderness designation concern Coloradans, judging from the number of Colorado license plates in the area every spring, said Terri Martin, of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance."  Read more – Grand Junction Free...

Robert Redford: Protecting America's wild lands "I have lived most of my life in the West, and I have seen too many special places lost. Each time it happens, our children's wilderness inheritance shrinks even further. It doesn't have to be this way. We can protect our last remnants of...

After 5 years work, Beaver-Piute legislation tabled indefinitely  Beaver County is putting its proposed land bill on hold after two open house meetings in Milford and Beaver on Monday and Tuesday were attended by residents who strongly oppose the legislation. Read more at The Spectrum Daily News Environmental groups attack...

New BLM director will hopefully reform and improve Utah land management "But Salazar's reforms of the Bureau of Land Management's environmental review practices, and his decision to replace Selma Sierra with Juan Palma as Utah BLM director, point the national and local offices toward better stewardship. Sierra dutifully carried out...