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An Update on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road

We’re disheartened to report that Garfield County has begun chip sealing (effectively paving) the first 10 miles of Hole-in-the-Rock Road within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Below we share some information about why this is happening—and why our fight to preserve the character of this rugged backroad at the heart of...

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SUWA Statement on Senate Vote Confirming Steve Pearce as Director of the BLM – 5.18.26 

May 18, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Senate Vote Confirming Steve Pearce as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – 5.18.26  Anti-public lands politician will oversee nation’s largest land management agency  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC – Today, by a vote of 46 – 43 the...

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SUWA Statement on Proposed Changes to the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area – 5.15.26 

May 15, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Proposed Changes to the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area – 5.15.26  Amendments to Plan reduce conservation in favor of extractive development and off-road vehicle dominance  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the final environmental assessment and...

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Northern Corridor Highway Risks Irreversible Harm to Mojave Desert Tortoise – 5.11.26

ADVOCATES FOR THE WESTCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAHCONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETYWILDEARTH GUARDIANS  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 11, 2026 Northern Corridor Highway Risks Irreversible Harm to Mojave Desert Tortoise – 5.11.26 Conservation Groups Amend Lawsuit over Federal Agencies’ Failure to Protect Threatened Wildlife in Reapproving Controversial...

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