Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
The Trump administration’s rush for “energy dominance” encounters another setback in Utah; BLM forced to reanalyze environmental impacts of oil and gas development For Immediate Release Contact: Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Ann Alexander, Natural Resources Defense Council, 415.875.8243, aalexander@nrdc.org Phil Hanceford, The Wilderness Society, 303.225.4636, phil_hanceford@tws.org...
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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 Mary O’Brien, Grand Canyon Trust, 435-259-6205, mobrien@grandcanyontrust.org Moab, UT (January 9, 2020) – On New Year’s Eve, the Utah office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a five-year, $75...
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Offers public only 30 days, including over the holidays, to submit comments on a plan that has been years in the making. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Peterson, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-236-3762, laura@suwa.org Soren Jespersen, The Wilderness Society, 970-819-7377, soren_jespersen@tws.org Salt Lake City, UT (December 16, 2019) – On...
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Fourth Time This Year BLM Has Suspended Leases in Utah; Feds Ignored Climate Change, Opened Scenic, Cultural Lands to Fossil Fuel Extraction For Immediate Release 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 Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Center for Biological Diversity,...
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Agency may hand over an alleged right-of-way to the state of Utah as it considers unprecedented public land giveaway FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2019 Contacts: Alison Heis, National Parks Conservation Association, 202.384.8762 Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.859.1552 Jen Ujifusa, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 202.266.0473 Anne Hawke, Natural...
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