In a decision issued earlier this morning, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a state mining permit that allows Alton Coal Development to strip mine roughly 600 acres of private lands (the Coal Hollow Mine). The ruling sets the stage for a broader fight over the proposed expansion of the private...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing Imperiled Tiger Beetle for Protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today that it will propose to list the Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to designate 2,276 acres of critical habitat for the species.
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FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HEARS CRITICAL CASE WEDS. 9/19 INVOLVING ALLEGED HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK STREAM
The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case involving an alleged highway right of way located in an ecologically critical streambed in Canyonlands National Park.
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HERBERT DODGES ON COSTS AND EFFECTS OF HIS FEDERAL LAND GRAB EFFORTS
“If Herbert is spending millions of dollars of our tax money for his litigation against the United States, he should at least be honest with Utah Citizens about what he’s doing, “ said Scott Groene, SUWA's Executive Director. "He's attacking Utah's wilderness and national parks, not protecting them."
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44 U.S. Representatives urge Obama administration to defend America’s redrock wilderness
Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today led 44 House members in urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect some of our nation's last remaining wild public lands from attempts by the State of Utah to claim ownership of those lands so that they can be developed by...
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