For more than three years we have worked in good faith to reach a compromise on public lands issues in eastern Utah through the Public Lands Initiative (PLI).
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Court Rejects BLM’s Request to Delay Cultural Resource Surveys
SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE * EARTHJUSTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2015 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Robin Cooley, Earthjustice, 303.996.9611 SALT LAKE CITY: Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, CO rejected a request by the Bureau of Land...
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Comments Needed on Red Cliffs/Beaver Dam Wash NCA Management
The St. George BLM recently released its draft management plan for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas (NCAs) and is accepting public comments until November 16th. If you care about these areas, now is the time to act. As you may recall, the 2009 Washington County...
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Press Release: Leasing plan for lands near Moab could reduce impacts to wilderness areas and national parks
A draft Bureau of Land Management plan released today could guide energy development away from sensitive lands near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and many outstanding proposed wilderness areas that are too wild to drill, though places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek could still be threatened.
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Clean Air Denied for Utah’s Uinta Basin
EPA Allowed by Court to Turn Back on Dangerous Smog Levels, Giving Fracking Industry Free Rein to Pollute For Immediate Release: June 2, 2015 Washington, D.C. – A federal court ruling today denied clean air for Utah’s Uinta Basin, allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to sacrifice public health for...
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