Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
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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Decision protects park resources, promotes visitor safety
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, (801)-859-1552 or steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (October 1, 2019) – In response to Judge Chutkan’s decision allowing lawsuits to proceed against President Trump’s reductions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, SUWA legal director Stephen Bloch issued the following statement: “The...
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