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Oil and Gas Development

CategoriesAction Alerts

Moab Master Leasing Plan: A Chance to Get it Right

Sep 16th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

In August, the BLM’s Canyon Country District Office released the long-awaited Moab Master Leasing Plan for public review and comment.  When finalized, this plan will govern the scope, pace and […]

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San Rafael Swell Under Attack Once Again

Sep 14th, 2015 Written by Landon Newell

The San Rafael Swell is once again under attack from oil and gas leasing – and again sensitive and irreplaceable cultural, archaeological, paleontological, and wilderness values are at risk. More […]

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CategoriesAntiquities Act

Canyonlands Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Aug 25th, 2015 Written by Mathew Gross

Tell President Obama to protect our canyonlands!

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BLM Releases Draft Moab ‘Master Leasing Plan’ for Review

Aug 19th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

Last Friday, Utah BLM released the long awaited draft Moab master leasing plan (or Moab MLP) for a 90-day public review and comment period. BLM kicked off the master leasing […]

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Press Release: Leasing plan for lands near Moab could reduce impacts to wilderness areas and national parks

Aug 14th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

A draft Bureau of Land Management plan released today could guide energy development away from sensitive lands near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and many outstanding proposed wilderness areas that are too wild to drill, though places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek could still be threatened.

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Happy Earth Day! 🌞 Let this be a reminder to get o Happy Earth Day! 🌞 Let this be a reminder to get outside today, feel the wind on your face and the earth beneath your toes. Be gentle with yourself and kind to Mother Earth. We love her today and everyday!

📍𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩
📸  𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦
Happy Earth Week! April's Redrock Report is here. Happy Earth Week! April's Redrock Report is here. This month features:
Latest Updates on Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Congressional Review Act
 --Boundary Waters Suffers Major Blow, Grand Staircase-Escalante Could Be Next
 --Outcry Grows Over Misuse of CRA,
 --Your Involvement Remains Critical
Live in Utah? Get Involved Locally
 --Attend a Candidate Debate for Utah’s New 1st Congressional District (tonight!)
 --Take Part in a Clean-Up Day on the Navajo Nation
 --Participate in the Earth Action Rally at the State Capitol
 --Act Locally, Give Locally with UtahGives

Read the deets here:
suwa.org/april-2026-redrock-report (link in bio)
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Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Res. 140, which overturns a 20-year mining ban in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota, the most visited wilderness area in America. 

Another iconic landscape—Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah—faces a similar threat using the same nefarious legislative tool: the Congressional Review Act (CRA). 

Above is a statement from SUWA Executive Director Scott Braden. For continuing updates on the Boundary Waters, follow: @savethebwca 

Photo Credit: Dave Freeman
Something new is coming to Utah — and Early Giving Something new is coming to Utah — and Early Giving is already open!

On April 30, SUWA will be part of the very first #UTAHGIVES, a statewide day of generosity celebrating the nonprofits that make Utah stronger. And you don't have to wait to be part of it.

Starting today, you can support SUWA and help protect Utah's stunning redrock wilderness for generations to come. Be among the first to give and help us build momentum! Visit: utahgives.org/organization/SUWA (link in bio)

Photo credit: Jack Dykinga

#protectwildutah #utahgives #givelocalutah #givewhereyoulive #utahnonprofits
Mike Lee's next attempt to dismantle public lands Mike Lee's next attempt to dismantle public lands is his attack on the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante. Make your voice heard at suwa.org.
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