For Immediate Release January 29, 2019 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City — In a remarkable about-face following a protest from the Southern Utah Wilderness […]
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CategoriesBears Ears
Conservation Group Protests Utah School Trust Lands Administration’s Shortsighted Proposal to Sell Oil, Gas Leases in Bears Ears National Monument
For Immediate Release January 25, 2019 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City — In a remarkably shortsighted decision, the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands […]
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CategoriesAntiquities Act
Statement on Senators Lee and Romney’s Introduction of Anti-Antiquities “PURE” Act
Moab, UT (January 10, 2019) – In response to the introduction by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) of the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy (PURE) Act, which […]
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CategoriesPress Releases
Court Rejects Utah’s Efforts to Undermine Common Sense Settlement to Correct Illegal Off-Road Vehicle Planning by the BLM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Court issued a short opinion this week dismissing challenges brought by the State of Utah and various counties to a settlement between conservation groups, the United States, and off-road vehicle groups over travel management plans governing millions of acres of public...
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CategoriesBears Ears
SUWA Statement on Federal Ruling that Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Lawsuits Will Stay in DC Courts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, (801)-859-1552 or steve@suwa.org Washington, D.C. (September 24, 2018) — This morning, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled from the bench and denied a […]
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