Looking out on Greater Canyonlands from the tip of Hatch Point is one of the most grand and majestic views in southeastern Utah. Not allowing industrial drilling, mining, roads and processing facilities to forever scar this landscape for speculative, short-term corporate profits should be a no-brainer. But potash mining –...
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Into the Canyonlands: Happy Canyon
The lands to the west of Canyonlands National Park are some of the most beautiful and remote in southern Utah (easily equal to the lands inside the park), and Happy Canyon's wide redrock valleys are no exception. Unfortunately, Happy Canyon also has the distinction of being a part of the...
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A call for action – Redrock Report June 2012
Here’s what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Aron Ralston promotes Greater Canyonlands monument. 2. Are these R.S. 2477 claims highways? 3. BLM agrees with SUWA on failure to protect artifacts. 4. Grassroots actions and event in Utah & Colorado highlight Greater Canyonlands.
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Aron Ralston enthralls crowd in Ogden
On June 14th Aron Ralston enthralled the crowd at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah with the story of his harrowing experience in Utah’s Blue John Canyon and a compelling call for protection of Utah’s wild landscapes.
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BLM Concedes Failure to Protect Artifacts on ATV Safari Routes, including those in Greater Canyonlands
The Bureau of Land Management has agreed with SUWA that it failed to comply with federal law when it issued a permit for an all terrain vehicle “safari,” a three-day affair in which as many as 400 ATVs travel over 500 miles of routes on public land in southeastern Utah’s...
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