Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals made the right decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by oil and gas companies and three Utah counties attempting to force the issuance of the long-dead 77 leases.
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Don’t trade away public lands to become the next North Dakota
No offense to North Dakota, but Utah would be ill advised to trade away its spectacular public lands to become North Dakota II.
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Robert Redford speaks up for Desolation Canyon
In the Denver Post yesterday, Robert Redford wrote: "We have few places left that represent the raw beauty and the history of our American West like Desolation Canyon, in my home state of Utah."
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Utah Wilderness News, April 9, 2012
Interior is "making the wrong move"
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BLM to Approve Disastrous Development Project in Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness
The Obama administration’s decision today authorizing nearly 1,300 new natural gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness and other remote areas will degrade the pristine region’s air quality and hurt the state’s tourism industry, according to a coalition of environmental groups.
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