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Utah Land Grab

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Utah’s anti-wilderness frenzy: Herbert finds a partner in Emery County?

Jul 17th, 2012 Written by suwa

Yesterday, Emery County representatives presented a truly awful wilderness proposal to Governor Herbert’s Resources Committee.

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Redrock Wilderness Summer 2012 Highlights

Jul 13th, 2012 Written by suwa

Utah Wilderness Protection Grows Despite Fierce Antagonism from Local Officials

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Ask Your Member of Congress to Stand with House Colleagues in Defense of the Redrock

Jul 10th, 2012 Written by suwa

Please, tell your representative that you want him/her to defend Utah’s public lands today.

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Intern Files: On getting shut out of a meeting on Utah’s Land Grab

Jun 28th, 2012 Written by suwa

It took just minutes for me to be removed from Room 1324 in the Longworth office building of the U.S. House of Representatives. I was attending a meeting by the Congressional Western Caucus to discuss H.B. 148, Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act—also known as the Utah legislature’s pipe dream...

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RS 2477 Lawsuits Roll In — 12,000 New Roads (or at least that’s what the state calls them)

May 17th, 2012 Written by suwa

As expected, the State of Utah, together with some (but not all) Utah counties, have begun to file their massive lawsuits claiming that they own 12,000 roads across federal lands now managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and National Park Service.

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We recently partnered with the crazy talented @sam We recently partnered with the crazy talented @samanthazim.art to create these beautiful paintings of Grand Staircase-Escalante. Samantha got to go down to the monument and stay at @bouldermountainlodgeutah to sketch these pieces while out on the land.

The idea behind this project was to bring the beauty of the land to offices in DC. These prints were dropped on The Hill last week to House reps to inspire them to VOTE NO on the joint resolutions that attack the monument plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante.
Tell the BLM to Keep Oil and Gas Leases Out of Ten Tell the BLM to Keep Oil and Gas Leases Out of Ten Mile Canyon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting public comments through Monday, March 30! 

📢 ACT NOW! 📢 https://suwa.quorum.us/campaign/157055/ (link in bio)
While it may feel like we’re constantly on the def While it may feel like we’re constantly on the defensive in this current political climate, SUWA continues to build meaningful relationships with Tribal Nations and broaden the base of support for protecting the redrock. As a result, we’re honored to have received formal resolutions of support for America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act from the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe late last year.

America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, which would protect more than 8 million acres of federal public land in Utah, is sponsored by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01); so far this Congress it has 18 cosponsors in the Senate and 65 in the House.

Read more at the link in our bio. #protectwildutah

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘺𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢
Hear from local business owners in gateway towns a Hear from local business owners in gateway towns across Grand Staircase-Escalante— their voices on the current monument management plan!
Looking to spend less time on your phone? Perhaps Looking to spend less time on your phone? Perhaps you're a Utahn and sick of your representatives not listening to you?  Here are some additional ways to participate in the #protectwildutah movement:
--Get creative with it! Create some art or share a piece you already have to be used in an interactive map for Grand Staircase-Escalante. This can range from short stories of your experience on the monument, to quick sketches, to your fav photographs! Email files to loveforgse@suwa.org.
--Join a stewardship project this April and get out on the land! We have tons of awesome projects coming up, check the deets at: suwa.org/projectcalendar
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