On April 28th, the Interior Board of Land Appeals issued an order dismissing an appeal filed by Washington County, the City of St. George, and the Washington County Water Conservancy […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Reintroduced with Backing from 18 Senators!
Great news! Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) last week reintroduced America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (S. 948) in the Senate. The bill would permanently protect 9.2 million acres of Utah’s amazing wilderness—places […]
Read MoreSUWA Statement on President Trump’s Expected Executive Order on National Monuments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2017 Scott Groene, Executive Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, released the following statement regarding the Executive Order that President Trump is expected to […]
Read MoreSUWA Files Motion in Defense of Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas
Yesterday, SUWA filed a Motion to Intervene with the Interior Board of Land Appeals, asking to join the BLM in defending the recently approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver […]
Read MorePress Release: Settlement Reached on Utah Land Use Plans
SUWA, The Wilderness Society, Earthjustice, and a coalition of eight other conservation groups, along with the Bureau of Land Management and off-highway vehicle groups have taken an important step to settle longstanding litigation filed in 2008 by the conservation groups which challenged six land use plans and off-highway vehicle travel...
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