April 16, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Passage of Legislation Attacking Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) – 4.16.26  Threat remains to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Res. 140, which overturns the 20-year mining ban in the headwaters of the Boundary...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 30, 2026 Over 125 Local, State, and National Groups Oppose Utah Politicians Attempt to Undo Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante – 3.30.26  Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection as we know it Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA);...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 4, 2026 Senator Lee, Rep. Maloy Introduce Joint Resolution to Undo Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan – 3.4.26 Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection as we know it Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director,...

March 4, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Vote re: Steve Pearce’s Nomination to Lead the BLM – 3.4.26  Nomination now heads to the Senate floor  Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 11-9 to advance the nomination of former US...

ADVOCATES FOR THE WESTCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAHCONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETYWILDEARTH GUARDIANS  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 4, 2026 Lawsuit Challenges Illegal Highway Through Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area – 3.2.26 Decision Pumps Brakes on UDOT’s Rush to Break Ground, which would threaten the Mojave...