ADVOCATES FOR THE WESTCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAHCONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETYWILDEARTH GUARDIANS  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 4, 2026 Lawsuit Challenges Illegal Highway Through Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area – 3.2.26 Decision Pumps Brakes on UDOT’s Rush to Break Ground, which would threaten the Mojave...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 26, 2026 Senator Lee Formally Begins Process to Fast-track the Destruction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah – 2.26.26 Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection as we know it Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications...

All Pueblo Council of Governors Endorses America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act – 2.19.26  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Albuquerque, NM – The All Pueblo Council of Governors, the collective voice of the 20 Pueblo Nations of New Mexico and Texas, voted on December 4, 2025, to support America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (ARRWA). The Council’s resolution endorses congressional...

February 6, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Files Litigation to Stop Illegal Actions by Garfield County in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – 2.6.26  Garfield County strikes at heart of the Monument, ignores federal law  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Yesterday, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) filed a lawsuit and moved for...