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Land Use Plans

CategoriesBears Ears

Trump’s Plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Are Out — and They’re Horrible

Aug 16th, 2018 Written by Steve Bloch

President Trump’s Interior Department just released draft management plans revealing their vision for how to manage what’s left of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments as well as the […]

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SUWA Statement on BLM’s Draft Management Plans for Illegally-Reduced National Monuments in Utah

Aug 15th, 2018 Written by suwa

For Immediate Release August 15, 2018 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, 801-428-3981 Salt Lake City, UT – In response to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) release of draft management […]

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New BLM Oil/Gas Policies Will Fast-track Leasing, Cut Opportunities for Public Review

Feb 1st, 2018 Written by suwa

BLM also does away with popular master leasing plan program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2018 Contact: Steve Bloch, Legal Director, 801.428.3981 or 801.859.1552(c) Landon Newell, Staff Attorney, 801.428.3991 Salt […]

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SUWA Statement on BLM’s Announcement to Begin Planning Process on Illegal Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante Proclamations

Jan 12th, 2018 Written by suwa

In response to the announcement today by the Bureau of Land Management that it will begin to prepare Monument Management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, which […]

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BLM-UTAH WILL REVISIT DECISIONS REGARDING OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN RED ROCK COUNTRY

May 31st, 2017 Written by Travis Hammill

Longstanding litigation over six BLM-Utah land use plans and travel management plans brought to a close An order issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth […]

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📸 Whit Richardson
SUWA is a proud founding member of the National Wi SUWA is a proud founding member of the National Wilderness Coalition, which began just a few years ago as a small group discussing the future of the wilderness movement and is now a nationwide coalition of over 50 organizations.

Earlier this year, the Coalition launched Voices for Wilderness, a project that collects stories, experiences, and perspectives about why wilderness and wild places matter. If you follow us on social,  you’re likely a prime candidate to share your story!

You can share your story in whatever format feels most natural—video, voice recording,  written response, etc. Examples from other wilderness enthusiasts and details about how to participate can be found at voicesforwilderness.com. 

To get you thinking, here are some of the questions you can respond to when sharing your story:
--Why does wilderness matter to you or your community?
--What experiences have shaped your connection to wild places?
--What do you hope for the future of the places you love?

Thank you for speaking up for wilderness!

📸 Whit Richardson
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting s The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting scoping comments on a proposal to sell 44 parcels spanning more than 74,000 acres of public land in Utah for oil and gas development. This sale is an especially bad one for redrock country as it includes a large block of parcels in the northern Dirty Devil region, parcels atop Horse Bench on the West Tavaputs Plateau, parcels scattered throughout the southern Uinta Basin, and several more in the Hatch Point region, just east of Bears Ears National Monument.

📣 ACT NOW 📣 (link in bio)

The public comment period is open through Thursday, July 16. Please tell the agency to keep oil and gas development out of Utah’s wild places.
Today, the federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals i Today, the federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision on an appeal brought in August 2023 by the State of Utah, Blue Ribbon Coalition, and others challenging President Biden’s October 2021 use of the Antiquities Act to restore the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. The Circuit Court’s decision did three principal things: (1) it reversed the district court’s dismissal of the underlying lawsuits brought by Utah and others, (2) it affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the Blue Ribbon Coalition and other individual plaintiffs, and (3) it remanded the case to the district court to consider whether President Biden’s 2021 orders were lawful.

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Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ann Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it was moving forward on three Travel Management Plans in Utah: Trail Canyon (east of Zion National Park), Dinosaur North (near Dinosaur National Monument), and the Dolores River (northeast of Moab). Travel plans guide where motorized recreation is and is not allowed on public land; the agency is accepting public comment on the Trail Canyon and Dinosaur North Plans.

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