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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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📣Join us this Monday, July 20 for a Monumental Sta 📣Join us this Monday, July 20 for a Monumental Statewide Day of Action! Bring a friend, a sign (we’ll provide some too), and be ready to raise your voice against the Utah politicians who supported Trump's actions—reducing both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 90%.

We'll be hosting events in Bountiful, Salt Lake, Provo, St. George and Moab. If you live in a town not listed and want to host your own pop-up protest, email Mimi at mimi@suwa.org and we'll provide a toolkit.

Note: SUWA advocates strongly for protecting Utah’s wild lands with strategies that meaningfully engage all cultures and abilities. We do so respectfully and firmly and we act within the law. We do not condone violence or destruction of property.

See you Monday! #protectwildutah
We’ve created monument-specific maps showing the n We’ve created monument-specific maps showing the new boundaries - Slide #1: Grand Staircase-Escalante. Slide #2: Bears Ears. Trump has decimated these two National Monuments by a combined 3 million acres, or over 90%. 

SUWA will fight this in every way we can, using every tool in our toolbox for as long as necessary. Once again this will include litigation in the federal court system; we’ve been leading and participating in various cases since Trump’s first attempt at national monument reductions in 2017, and we will challenge today’s unlawful action in court.

Our response also includes ramping up our efforts to promote America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, which would protect much of the land included in the monuments as wilderness. It will mean working closely with the @bearsearscoalition and @grandstaircasecoalition and our other nonprofit partners. It will mean continuing to work closely with our congressional champions and activating our members and activists in Utah and across the nation.

In moments like this, it’s easy to feel despair, and we understand why. There are many hard days and hard fights ahead—more weeks and months that will test our resolve to do the difficult work that can feel like one step forward, two steps back. But SUWA and the Protect Wild Utah movement are in this for the long haul, and we have a proven track record of defending the redrock against long odds.

We’re able to do the hard work of building powerful political support for public lands in Utah because we have so many passionate supporters like you nationwide. We’ll be calling on you again soon to reach out to your members of Congress, to spread the word about threats to Utah’s wild places, to join us in on-the-ground landscape protection, and more.

Thank you for standing with us.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 President Trump just signed two 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

President Trump just signed two executive orders reducing Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by a combined 3 million acres according to media reports; both lie in the heart of redrock country in southern Utah.

Stay tuned for next steps.

Slide 1 photo credit: Kieran Corrigan
Media reporting indicates that on Monday, July 13 Media reporting indicates that on Monday, July 13 President Trump will sign two presidential proclamations/executive orders attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, both of which lie in the heart of redrock country in southern Utah. 

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In case you missed it...SUWA has launched a new mo In case you missed it...SUWA has launched a new monthly giving program—Canyon Keepers! 

Protecting Utah’s redrock wilderness has never been about a single moment or a single victory. It’s a long, unfolding effort—one that depends on people willing to stand up for these landscapes over the long haul. That’s why monthly giving matters so much.

Visit the link in our bio to join our Canyon Keepers monthly giving program today. To welcome you to the Canyon Keepers circle, we’ll send you a limited-edition Canyon Wren canvas bag, designed by the lovely Riley Lubich (@rileyluu).

Thank you for your continued support!  #protectwildutah
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