Oil and Gas Development

For the Third Time in Less Than Three Months, the BLM Recognizes It Violated Law, Pulls Back Oil and Gas Leasing Decisions

Jul 18th, 2019 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Approximately 57,000 acres of remote, wild, and culturally significant public lands temporarily spared from oil and gas development Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981, steve@suwa.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Salt Lake City (July 18, 2019): For the third time in less...

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BLM Recognizes it Violated Law, Pulls Back Oil & Gas Leasing Decision in Utah’s San Rafael Desert, Dirty Devil Region

Jun 13th, 2019 Written by suwa

Approximately 204,000 acres of remote, wild, and culturally significant public lands temporarily spared from oil and gas development Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981, steve@suwa.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (June 13, 2019): For the second time in less than...

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BLM Reconsiders Oil and Gas Leases Following SUWA Appeal

May 7th, 2019 Written by suwa

Good news! Following SUWA’s appeal of the BLM’s decision to sell eight oil and gas leases for development at its March 2018 sale, the BLM has reluctantly agreed with SUWA that their leasing decision violated the law! SUWA argued that the BLM failed to take the necessary “hard look” at...

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SUWA Files Lawsuit Challenging BLM’S Oil and Gas Leasing On The Doorstep Of Bears Ears, Canyons Of The Ancients, and Hovenweep National Monuments

Apr 22nd, 2019 Written by Landon Newell

For Immediate Release April 22, 2019 Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.859.1552, steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (April 22, 2019) – The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging two decisions by the Bureau of Land...

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Good News in San Juan County

Mar 28th, 2019 Written by Scott Groene

Following public outcry and a formal protest from SUWA, this week the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) deferred all of its proposed oil and gas leases in San Juan County from its March 2019 lease sale “due to additional environmental analysis required.” The proposed leases were on the doorstep...