Governor Gary Herbert signed House HB 148 (Transfer of Public Lands Act and Related Study) Friday, March 23rd. This bill is almost certainly unconstitutional, is bad public policy and won’t help fund Utah’s schools.
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BLM to Approve Disastrous Development Project in Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness
The Obama administration’s decision today authorizing nearly 1,300 new natural gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness and other remote areas will degrade the pristine region’s air quality and hurt the state’s tourism industry, according to a coalition of environmental groups.
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BLM Proposed Expansion of Strip Mine on Doorstep of Bryce Canyon
Today, the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft environmental impact statement that considers leasing federal lands on the doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park for a coal strip mine.
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SUWA FILES ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGE TO GASCO OIL WELLS
On Tuesday, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) filed a petition for a stay and administrative challenge to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) approval of two Gasco Production Company-proposed oil wells in the Riverbend area of Utah’s Uinta Basin.
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Outdoor Industry asks Secretary Salazar to protect Desolation Canyon proposed wilderness
Last week, over 30 national outdoor brands, led by Black Diamond CEO Peter Metcalf, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in defense of the Desolation Canyon proposed wilderness.
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