FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 15, 2021) – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the […]
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State of Utah and Washington County Withdraw Zombie Application Claiming Title to the Manganese Road
The Bureau of Land Management Failed to Decide the Application During the Trump Administration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Michelle White, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.236.3775 Liam Kelly, National Parks Conservation […]
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CategoriesAntiquities Act
Utah Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Open and Public Meetings Act Cases
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance lawsuits challenging secret 2017 meetings held between Kane, Garfield and San Juan County Commissions and Trump officials can proceed Contact: Laura Peterson, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, […]
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CategoriesChaining
Interior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Laura Welp, Western Watersheds Project, 435-899-0204, laura@westernwatersheds.org Decision finds BLM failed to consider project alternatives that would have […]
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Conservation Groups Prioritize Protection of Utah’s Remote San Rafael Desert
Two conservation organizations filed suit today in federal district court in Utah challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s highly destructive motorized vehicle travel plan for the San Rafael Desert
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