SUWA and our partners invite you to join us on Monday, February 9th at 6:00 pm MT for an urgent webinar and call to action in defense of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Emergency Webinar in Defense of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Monday, February 9th on Zoom at 6:00 pm Mountain Time

As you’ve hopefully seen from our recent emails, Utah’s congressional delegation is expected to introduce a “Joint Resolution” in Congress that, if passed, would undo the current Monument Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante. This would be a devastating blow to the monument and could turn it into a wildly different place: one where out-of-control off-road vehicle use, landscape-level clearcutting of native pinyon-juniper forests, and other extractive activities are all possible. We cannot let this happen.

Making this all possible is a little-known law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Join us on Monday to learn about the background of this obscure law and how its unorthodox application could not only impact Grand Staircase-Escalante, but is also being used to upend public land protections across the country. We’ll spend the second half of the call highlighting ways we can all fight back and defend the monument, including by contacting members of Congress and requesting in-district meetings.

Please share this invite with your professional contacts, friends, and family. We encourage attendance regardless of where you live, but especially if you live in Montana, Idaho, the Western Slope of Colorado, Nebraska, the greater Philadelphia area (including both Pennsylvania and New Jersey), or Maine, this is an urgent event to join!

Don’t forget to RSVP here. See you on Monday night!

SUWA’s Organizing Team