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Court Rejects Utah’s Efforts to Undermine Common Sense Settlement to Correct Illegal Off-Road Vehicle Planning by the BLM

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Court issued a short opinion this week dismissing challenges brought by the State of Utah and various counties to a settlement between conservation groups, the United States, and off-road vehicle groups over travel management plans governing millions of acres of public...

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What the Election Results Mean for the Redrock

Harry Truman once wished for a one-armed economist because he’d grown tired of hearing, “On the one hand…on the other hand.” This post-election wrap-up is a bit like that: slivers of hope set against hard reminders.    For public lands, the election’s best news is probably this: the blue wave...

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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 2: A Ragtag Group of Desert Rats

Welcome to the SUWA podcast, Wild Utah! In this episode, Dave Pacheco speaks with SUWA Board Member Darrell Knuffke about the origins and early days of SUWA. In doing some research for our show, we found Darrell’s name listed as a Board Member in SUWA’s newsletter as early as 1986,...

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What Legacy is Hatch Really Leaving Us?

SUWA Executive Director Scott Groene has an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune today: At the end of his 40-plus year tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is clinging to the past. And he’s trying to drag Utah with him. Hatch’s “Not-so-Swell”...

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