On January 11, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in a case brought by SUWA and The Wilderness Society that challenged Kane County’s […]
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The Interior Department Rightly Restored Protection to Magnificent Wilderness-Quality Lands Throughout the West
Reversal of Bush-era “No More Wilderness” Policy Applauded Secretary of Interior Salazar’s new wilderness guidance gives needed protection to millions of acres of wilderness-quality lands in the West. The new […]
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Goodbye Selma
Finally! Utah State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director and Bush administration holdover, Selma Sierra, has been “reassigned” to head the BLM’s Eastern States office. This announcement has been a […]
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Hot Off the Press, March 31, 2010
Historic Preservation and Conservation Groups Settle Suit over BLM Approvals of Natural Gas Wells in Nine Mile Canyon Region “A coalition of historic preservation and conservation groups announced yesterday that […]
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Hot off the Press, February 24, 2010
BLM Plans Destruction of Old Growth Trees in National Monument and Proposed Wilderness “A coalition of national and local conservation groups has called on the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) […]
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