Plan Undermines Standards for National Monument Protections, Ignores Public Opposition and Ongoing Litigation Over Reduced Boundaries ESCALANTE, Utah (August 23, 2019) – Today, local and national groups, businesses and globally-respected scientist organizations, denounced […]
Read MoreCiting New Scientific Report, SUWA Calls on BLM to Halt Mechanical “Vegetation Treatment” Projects in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
February 2019 scientific review counters claims made by agencies on environmental benefits of vegetation removal on public lands Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (April 10, 2019) […]
Read MoreStatement on Senators Lee and Romney’s Introduction of Anti-Antiquities “PURE” Act
Moab, UT (January 10, 2019) – In response to the introduction by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) of the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy (PURE) Act, which […]
Read MoreGrand Staircase-Escalante Under Siege
Even as it solicits public comments on how to (mis)manage the illegally-reduced Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with two terrible “vegetation management” […]
Read MoreWhat the Election Results Mean for the Redrock
Harry Truman once wished for a one-armed economist because he’d grown tired of hearing, “On the one hand…on the other hand.” This post-election wrap-up is a bit like that: slivers […]
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