* SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE * For Immediate Release: June 22, 2017 Contact: Landon Newell, Staff Attorney Tel: 801-428-3991 Acting in lockstep with the Trump administration’s relentless onslaught against federal public lands, the BLM is proposing to offer at the agency’s December 2017 oil and gas lease sale 79 parcels...
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Proposed Oil and Gas Leases Threaten San Rafael Swell and Dinosaur National Monument
Acting in lockstep with the Trump administration’s relentless onslaught against federal public lands, the BLM is proposing to offer at the agency’s December 2017 oil and gas lease sale 79 parcels for leasing and development on approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in eastern and central Utah. Included in...
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Citizen Activism Prevails! Zion National Park Spared from Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing!
Terrific news! The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has pulled back an outrageous proposal to lease federal public lands for oil and gas development at the doorstep of Zion National Park. And it was citizen action that made the difference! The problem emerged this past winter when the BLM identified...
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BLM-UTAH WILL REVISIT DECISIONS REGARDING OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN RED ROCK COUNTRY
Longstanding litigation over six BLM-Utah land use plans and travel management plans brought to a close An order issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit clears the way for BLM-Utah to begin implementing a comprehensive settlement agreement that will result in the completion of...
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Act Now to Stop Leasing Near Zion
The Bureau of Land Management’s Saint George field office is preparing to lease for oil and gas development approximately 4,730 acres of federal public land at its upcoming lease sale. Two of the parcels are located less than two miles from Zion National Park along the Kolob Terrace Road, a...
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