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Changing the game

Today, we’re launching a sustained, multi-year media campaign in Utah to capitalize upon a growing shift in public opinion about wilderness in our state, and to further educate Utah residents about wilderness as an issue and a valuable part of our state and national heritage. Click here to visit the...

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Celebrating National Public Lands Day with Service

This video from SUWA's National Public Lands Day Service project was taken on September 25th, 2010.  After consulting with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office, SUWA Field Inventory Specialist Ray Bloxham worked with 15 volunteers for 6 hours to build post and rail fences signifying the vehicle...

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Why do Mainers care about protecting Wild Utah?

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Maine for the Common Ground Country Fair, an event that combines the usual fair activities with a passion for organic and sustainable agriculture and environmental and social justice causes.  For the past two years, I have been assisting the Mainers...

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Which Americans Get a Say in the Fate of Public Lands in Utah?

Looking through my colleagues’ photos and videos taken at last Saturday’s “Take Back Utah” rally, I became confused. For years, one of the main arguments against America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act – the Utah Wilderness Coalition’s flagship BLM wilderness bill – has been that since 1993 the legislation has been...

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Utah Gov Wants to Take Utah Back(wards)

Last week, I left my home in Moab and traveled to Salt Lake City just in time to hit a “Red Alert” day — meaning the air quality was so poor that breathing could damage your lungs (yes, my driving contributed to the problem). Somehow that made it all the...

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