FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2026 Lawsuit Targets Utah Oil Highway Threatening World-Renowned Nine Mile Canyon – 10.6.26 Construction to Demolish 100-Foot-Tall Canyon Walls, Utah History Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgMike Hansen, Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, (801) 916-2491, jmichaelhansen@gmail.com Deeda Seed, Center for Biological...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2026 In Less Than a Month, Mining Claims Filed in Bear Ears Already Triple the Total Number Filed During Previous Trump Reduction Within a day, industry clamoring to exploit landscape Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgKeri Gilliland, The Wilderness Society,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2026 Senator Lee Formally Begins Process to Fast-track the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah – 9.17.26  Within a day, industry clamoring to exploit landscape Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgKeri Gilliland, The Wilderness Society, (KGilliland@tws.org)Chaitna Sinha, Conservation...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2026 UPDATE – Additional Mining Claims Filed in Lands Cut from Bears Ears National Monument Within a day, industry clamoring to exploit landscape Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.orgKeri Gilliland, The Wilderness Society, (KGilliland@tws.org)Chaitna Sinha, Conservation Codirector and Staff Attorney,...