Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Take action to protect Desolation Canyon! 2. Join Aron Ralston in giving back to Greater Canyonlands. 3. New tar sands proposal is still too much.
Read MoreBLM to Approve Disastrous Development Project in Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness
The Obama administration’s decision today authorizing nearly 1,300 new natural gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness and other remote areas will degrade the pristine region’s air quality and hurt the state’s tourism industry, according to a coalition of environmental groups.
Read MoreSpeak Out Against Irresponsible Oil Shale & Tar Sands Development!
Next week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold two public meetings in Utah to take comments on its 2012 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS). Please come and make sure your voice is heard in favor of protecting Utah’s redrock wilderness!
Read MoreR.S. 2477 Returns with a Vengeance – Redrock Report February 2012
Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. We're now staring down the barrel of a massive lawsuit... 2. Join the campaign to protect Greater Canyonlands! 3. SUWA asks agency to protect the Colorado and Green Rivers. 4. Attend redrock events in Colorado and New York this March.
Read MoreSUWA petitions state agency to protect Colorado, Green Rivers
In early February, SUWA petitioned a little-known state agency to protect the mighty Colorado and Green Rivers from activities like oil and gas leasing.
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