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Tell Your Elected Officials to Protect Grand Staircase-Escalante!

Aug 14th, 2025 Written by suwa

Congress isn’t in session right now, but when they return, they’ll be working on finishing the 2026 Budget Bill. We need you to speak up and ensure that Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument remains protected from exploitation. The House version of the bill includes a harmful provision that would undermine existing...

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What to Know about Senator Lee’s Public Lands Sell-Off Proposal in the Senate Budget Bill

Jun 12th, 2025 Written by suwa

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has released plans to force the sale of millions of acres of public land across the West. After refusing to provide details for weeks, on the evening of June 11 he released the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s text for the FY25 Budget Reconciliation Bill,...

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Tell Your Senators: Keep Public Lands Sell-Off and Anti-Conservation Measures Out of the Budget Bill!

Jun 6th, 2025 Written by suwa

Right before Memorial Day, the House of Representatives passed a Budget Bill that, if signed into law, would be devastating for public lands. The bill has now moved to the Senate, where a vote will likely happen later this month.  To make matters worse, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has announced...

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Take Action: BLM Targets White River Corridor for Oil and Gas Development

May 28th, 2025 Written by suwa

Guided by the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with plans to sell 14 oil and gas leases encompassing over 19,000 acres in Utah. One lease is located right in the heart of the scenic White River corridor, spanning both sides of...

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Urgent Action Needed: Budget Bill Includes Sell-Off of Public Lands!

May 8th, 2025 Written by suwa

For months now, we’ve been warning you about potential sell-off threats to public lands. On Tuesday, House Republicans unveiled new, targeted attacks specifically on public lands in Utah and Nevada. We need you to use your voice and speak up for public lands. For nearly 15 hours, House Democrats on...

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16 new mining claims have been filed on previously 16 new mining claims have been filed on previously protected land in Bears Ears National Monument. These lands became subject to mining claims on Friday, September 11th—60 days after President Trump decimated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. All 16 claims were recorded on September 11th by noon. 

For more info on the mining claims, visit our full statement at link in @protectwildutah's bio.
The Trump administration continues its attacks on The Trump administration continues its attacks on public lands in its latest push to rescind the Roadless Rule, one of the country’s most important legal safeguards for undeveloped national forests. 🌲

✍ COMMENT NOW and tell the Forest Service to protect our nation’s wild forests by keeping the Roadless Rule intact! (link in bio or visit suwa.org)

Utah does not need more roads. National forests already contain hundreds of thousands of miles of roads nationwide, and there’s a multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog for these existing roads. This proposal is really about opening public lands to more industrial development, extraction, and privatization. 

Comment deadline is Tuesday, October 6.
Recent polling shows Utah voters overwhelmingly su Recent polling shows Utah voters overwhelmingly support restoring protections to all of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Additionally, voters across political parties support a strong role for Native American Tribes in managing public lands containing sacred or culturally significant sites.

See the results at link in bio.
Back in June, we asked you to submit preliminary s Back in June, we asked you to submit preliminary scoping comments on a particularly ill-conceived oil and gas lease sale in the Dirty Devil and Hatch Point regions. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now barreling ahead with this sale and is accepting comments on the draft proposal.

🚨 Please submit a comment TODAY and urge the  BLM to keep fossil fuel development out of wild Utah! 🚨 https://suwa.quorum.us/campaign/169030/

Deadline to submit comments is Monday, Sept 21! Option to submit a comment directly to the BLM e-planning portal is also an option at the link above. #protectwildutah
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