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Interior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Feb 18th, 2021 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org  Laura Welp, Western Watersheds Project, 435-899-0204, laura@westernwatersheds.org  Decision finds BLM failed to consider project alternatives that would have […]

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Conservation Groups Prioritize Protection of Utah’s Remote San Rafael Desert

Feb 16th, 2021 Written by suwa

Two conservation organizations filed suit today in federal district court in Utah challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s highly destructive motorized vehicle travel plan for the San Rafael Desert

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Announcing Our First Scholarship Essay Contest Winner

Feb 10th, 2021 Written by suwa

Our Stewardship Scholar Essay Contest seeks to elevate new and essential voices through personal narratives pertinent to the broader conversation around public lands and their protection. Read Laci Begaye's Grand Prize-winning essay.

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 21: The Grand Nexus: Climate, 30×30 & America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

Feb 5th, 2021 Written by suwa

What role can America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act play in achieving the Biden administrations goals of mitigating the climate crisis and protecting 30 percent of America’s lands and waters by […]

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A New Administration: The First 10 Days

Jan 29th, 2021 Written by Scott Groene

The Earth and all its inhabitants face the dire threats of climate change and the loss of nature, including extinctions. And in its first ten days the Biden administration has […]

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Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Res. 140, which overturns a 20-year mining ban in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota, the most visited wilderness area in America. 

Another iconic landscape—Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah—faces a similar threat using the same nefarious legislative tool: the Congressional Review Act (CRA). 

Above is a statement from SUWA Executive Director Scott Braden. For continuing updates on the Boundary Waters, follow: @savethebwca 

Photo Credit: Dave Freeman
Something new is coming to Utah — and Early Giving Something new is coming to Utah — and Early Giving is already open!

On April 30, SUWA will be part of the very first #UTAHGIVES, a statewide day of generosity celebrating the nonprofits that make Utah stronger. And you don't have to wait to be part of it.

Starting today, you can support SUWA and help protect Utah's stunning redrock wilderness for generations to come. Be among the first to give and help us build momentum! Visit: utahgives.org/organization/SUWA (link in bio)

Photo credit: Jack Dykinga

#protectwildutah #utahgives #givelocalutah #givewhereyoulive #utahnonprofits
Mike Lee's next attempt to dismantle public lands Mike Lee's next attempt to dismantle public lands is his attack on the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante. Make your voice heard at suwa.org.
🚨Tell the BLM to keep greater Chaco Canyon Protect 🚨Tell the BLM to keep greater Chaco Canyon Protected!

After decades of advocacy by Tribal Nations and conservationists, federal protections in the Greater Chaco Region were finally put in place in 2023 with the establishment of a 10-mile buffer zone shielding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new oil and gas leasing. But a new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal could undo all of that and bring drill rigs to the doorstep of Chaco Canyon—a sacred place to the Pueblo peoples and Tribes across the Southwest.

Comments are due on Tuesday, April 7 (tomorrow). We encourage you to make your voice heard by using the advocacy action from our friends at @nmwilderness. Link in bio.
If you or anyone you know lives in these districts If you or anyone you know lives in these districts, reach out to us! We are looking for activists who live in CA, ID, AZ, NE, NY & NJ. If that's you, email your regional organizer (info below) or fill out the form at the link in our bio. #protectwildutah 

Jenny (California): jenny@suwa.org
Nicole (Idaho): nicole@suwa.org
Diana (Arizona): diana@suwa.org
Chris (Nebraska): chris@suwa.org
Rachel (New York & New Jersey): rachel@suwa.org
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