Salt Lake City, Utah (July 21, 2020) – The Bureau of Land Management today announced the appointment of Greg Sheehan as the BLM’s new State Director for Utah. In response, […]
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Amid Pandemic, Interior Moves Forward with Enormous Oil and Gas Drilling Plan on Public Lands Near National Parks
Contact: Liam Kelly, National Parks Conservation Association, 213-814-8666, lkelly@npca.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – The Trump administration has released its proposal to […]
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BLM Prepares to Flood Southern Utah with Oil and Gas Leases to Develop the State’s Most Scenic Redrock Country
Salt Lake City, UT (March 19, 2020): The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to offer a massive swath of treasured Utah public lands for oil and gas development. […]
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A “Scorched Earth” Policy that Threatens Utah National Monuments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 573-228-1061, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 11, 2020) – Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) Wildlands Attorney Kya Marienfeld released the following statement in […]
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SUWA Statement on Utah National Monument Plans
Salt Lake City, UT (February 6, 2020) – In response to the release today of the management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, the Southern Utah Wilderness […]
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