Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Court issued a short opinion this week dismissing challenges brought by the State of Utah and various counties to a settlement between conservation groups, the United States, and off-road vehicle groups over travel management plans governing millions of acres of public...
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Do you want to hear the sound of helicopters in Utah’s backcountry? Moab-based Pinnacle Helicopters wants to fly wealthy tourists into wilderness quality areas, using a loophole that would allow them to land on state lands inside a Wilderness Study Area near Canyonlands National Park. The National Park Service has...
Read MoreLongstanding 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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Great news in the fight for Bears Ears! In mid-March, the Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) issued an order granting SUWA’s Petition for Stay in our recent appeal fighting new ATV trails in Indian Creek, inside Bears Ears National Monument. Finding that SUWA and our partners...
Read More Petition asks administrative appeals board to ‘stay’ BLM decision to designate Indian Creek ATV trail FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2017 Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 573-228-1061 Tim Peterson, Grand Canyon Trust, 801-550-9861 MOAB – Last Friday a coalition of conservation groups (Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Grand Canyon...
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