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Utah Land Grab

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Utahns Tell Governor Herbert to Stop the War on Utah’s Wilderness

Apr 27th, 2012 Written by suwa

About 80 people gathered at the Utah governor's mansion today to protest a slew of anti-environmental policies, including recent threats to take over 30 million acres of public land and to sue the federal government over more than 25,000 bogus "road" claims across parks and proposed wilderness.

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Protest tomorrow (Fri) at the Governor’s mansion!

Apr 26th, 2012 Written by suwa

Join us at the Governor's mansion on Friday -- tell Governor Herbert he needs to STOP his attacks on Utah wilderness and the environment!

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Dark road ahead

Apr 26th, 2012 Written by suwa

Don’t let Utah commit this highway robbery!

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Really, these are legitimate roads?

Apr 25th, 2012 Written by suwa

Look at these photos of RS2477 claims from the state of Utah. Do they look like well-established public transportation routes to you?

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THE FACTS ABOUT HB 148: Unconstitutional, Bad Public Policy and Won’t Help Utah Schools

Mar 23rd, 2012 Written by suwa

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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SUWA is hiring a writer & communications specialis SUWA is hiring a writer & communications specialist! 

This is a full time gig with great benefits, and you can be located in Salt Lake City, Moab, or DC. You will serve as our in-house writer and social media manager, working alongside two other comms team members. If you have a deep love for protecting public lands, strong writing skills, and experience with social media—APPLY NOW at the link in our bio. 

Comfort working in fast-paced environments is ideal. Experience with Adobe Suite is preferred but not required. Application deadline is Monday, November 9. 

Learn more at suwa.org/careers.
On Tuesday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan On Tuesday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an order granting SUWA and other conservation groups’ request to reopen the case and lift the stay that was in place regarding 2017 litigation over President Trumps’ illegal reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. Today, during a status conference, the Judge ordered the parties to agree on a briefing schedule and to confer on her current notice order requiring the federal government to give plaintiffs 48 hours advance notice of surface disturbing activities on the lands cut from the national monuments. 

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Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day! Let th Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day! Let this day be a reminder that the lands we work to protect are the ancestral homelands of many Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations. We do this work to ensure these lands remain protected now and for many generations in the future.

To honor this day, be sure to follow and uplift pages like @bearsearscoalition and @grandstaircasecoalition! 

📸 Anna Brady
As we head into the long weekend in observance of As we head into the long weekend in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day, let's take a moment to recognize that recent polling shows overwhelming support among Utah voters for Native American Tribes to play a strong role in managing public lands that hold sacred and cultural significance.

See the detail here: https://bit.ly/UtahMonumentsPoll2026
Today the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, Southern Uta Today the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management for approving construction of a highway through Utah’s scenic, culturally and historically significant Gate Canyon in eastern Utah.

The project would straighten 6 miles of what is currently a scenic, winding, gravel road and involves the blasting and destruction of 100-foot tall canyon walls, damaging Native rock imagery, Utah history, and habitat for threatened wildlife.

Gate Canyon feeds into Nine Mile Canyon — a world-renowned archaeological area that contains more than 10,000 unique, irreplaceable cultural, historical and archaeological resources. The proposed route of the highway, designed to accommodate 70-foot oil tankers, cuts directly through the rugged landscape and will fundamentally alter the character of Gate Canyon (see last slide for rendering).

For more info, visit link in bio. #protectwildutah
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