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SUWA Statement on President Trump’s Illegal Attempt to Eviscerate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Dec 4th, 2017 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2017 Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801.712.5034 (cell) Steve Bloch, Legal Director, 801-428-3981 Mathew Gross, Media Director, 802-578-3394 Salt Lake City, UT – In response to President Trump’s proclamations today that eviscerate Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance...

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SUWA Statement on Reports President Trump Will Eliminate 85% of Bears Ears and Half of Grand Staircase-Escalante

Nov 30th, 2017 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bloch, 801-428-3981 In response to reports in the Washington Post today that President Trump intends to eliminate 85% of Bears Ears National Monument and half of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Executive Director Scott Groene issued the following statement: “If President Trump...

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BLM Announces Intention to Sell Oil, Gas Leases Next to Bears Ears National Monument and on Culturally and Ecologically Significant Federal Public Lands

Sep 21st, 2017 Written by suwa

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this afternoon released an environmental study in support of its proposal to offer 46 leases (encompassing approximately 57,000 acres) for oil and gas development on federal public land in southeastern Utah.

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San Juan County Closed-Door Meetings with Interior Secretary Zinke and Others Violate Utah Open and Public Meetings Act

Sep 18th, 2017 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2017 Contact: Laura Peterson, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.236.3762 Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Last Friday afternoon, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed a lawsuit in Utah’s Third District Court alleging that San Juan County repeatedly violated Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act when...

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Conservation Groups Denounce Utah BLM’s Decision to Offer Oil and Gas Leases on Doorstep of Dinosaur National Monument and in the San Rafael Swell

Sep 1st, 2017 Written by suwa

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced plans to offer seventy-five leases for oil and gas development on federal public land on the doorstep of Dinosaur National Monument and in the San Rafael Swell.