Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Guided by the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda, on July 16th the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed a massive statewide auction of federal public lands for oil and gas leasing and development. The December 2018 lease sale will be the largest in Utah in more than a decade,...
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Proposed Sale of More than 300K Acres Threatens Wild Utah Federal Public Lands SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE * THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL For Immediate Release July 16, 2018 Contact: Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991 Nada Culver, The...
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March 20 Lease Sale Sold Leases on Public Lands near Bears Ears, Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments, along with Culturally Significant Areas in Southeast Utah Updated March 20, 2018 Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991 Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, 202.513.6263 Michael Saul,...
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BLM also does away with popular master leasing plan program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2018 Contact: Steve Bloch, Legal Director, 801.428.3981 or 801.859.1552(c) Landon Newell, Staff Attorney, 801.428.3991 Salt Lake City, UT –Today, the Bureau of Land Management released new policy guidance for how the agency will approach oil...
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Federal Public Lands Targeted for Oil and Gas Development near Bears Ears, Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments, and Culturally Significant Areas in Southeast Utah For Immediate Release January 3, 2018 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991 Salt Lake...
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