Skip to content

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Protecting Utah's Redrock Country

About
SUWA
Issues
News &
Resources
- News
- Blog
- Videos
- Podcast
- Newsletter Archive
Get
Involved
Support Us
Donate

Shop
Log In or Register
English
- English
- Español

Like us on Facebook Follow us on Bluesky Find us on Instagram

Events

0 events found.

Stewardship Project

Events
Stewardship Project

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

List
Month
Map

Select date.

Google Calendar
iCalendar
Outlook 365
Outlook Live
Export .ics file
Export Outlook .ics file

Follow Us on Instagram

@protectwildutah

Follow

Just minutes ago, Senate Republicans passed the re

Just minutes ago, Senate Republicans passed the reconciliation package known as One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1). The vote was 51-50 with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, meaning the legislation was approved by the Senate and will be sent back to the House of Representatives.

In the weeks leading up to today’s vote, Senator and Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) attempted to include language that would have mandated the sell-off of millions of acres of federal lands across 11 states in the West, including Utah; his final version focused on over a million acres of Bureau of Land Management land. Thanks to the bipartisan backlash and fierce opposition from SUWA’s members, partners, and Americans across the country, Sen. Lee was forced to pull his unpopular proposal mere hours before debate began.

Read our statement at the link in our bio.

Thank you to each and every one of you who reached

Thank you to each and every one of you who reached out to your senators—whether it was a phone call, email, postcard, or social media post. This is a moment to celebrate!

Two other important points.
First, while we’re excited that the Public Lands Sell-off has been removed, the Budget Bill is still deeply anti-conservation and anti-public-lands.

Second, though this sell-off attempt has been defeated, we know Senator Lee’s underlying goal remains the same: to force the sale of America’s public lands using any excuse or legislative opportunity he can find.

Read the full update from SUWA Executive Director Scott Braden at the link in our bio.

🎉🎉🎉 Tonight, Senator Lee (R-UT) announced

🎉🎉🎉 Tonight, Senator Lee (R-UT) announced he has withdrawn his plan to sell off public lands as part of the FY25 Budget Reconciliation Bill currently being considered by the Senate. His plan was part of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s bill text and would have required the Bureau of Land Management to offer up more than a million acres of public land across 11 western states (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY) for sale.

Read our statement on the second slide or at the link in our bio. 🎉🎉🎉

Sen. Lee's reconciliation bill text to sell off mi

Sen. Lee's reconciliation bill text to sell off millions of acres of public lands across the West continues to hit roadblocks of his own making. The Senate Parliamentarian, the Senate rule keeper, has once again axed the language on rules grounds. While Sen. Lee continues to try and edit to get something in, trying to set precedent for selling off public lands in Congress, time is running short.

Sen. Daines, along with other Republican Senators from the West, have vocalized their opposition to any land sales. In addition, 5 House Republicans, led by Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke, have also told Speaker Johnson that they will vote against a reconciliation package that includes land sales. This is enough to prevent the passage of the reconciliation bill.

Sen. Lee has been shown, time and time again over the last 3 weeks, that a vast majority of Americans OPPOSE THE SELL OFF OF PUBLIC LANDS, full stop. Republicans and Democrats alike are representing the interests of their constituents that public lands are not for sale.

Keep up the good work!! Let's keep the pressure on, keep calling & writing your Senators and Congressperson. We have to get over the finish line, but things are looking promising because people like you are reaching out and telling Congress to protect public lands. Thank you for putting the work in!

#protectwildutah

Last week, SUWA members gathered for our annual Su

Last week, SUWA members gathered for our annual Summer Shindig at Salt Lake City’s Tracy Aviary (@tracyaviary). It was the kind of night that reminds us why we do this work—and who we do it with. ❤

Surrounded by birdsong, good food, and even better company, we came together to celebrate our shared love for America’s redrock wilderness and the power of community in the effort to protect it. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us. Shoutout to @caffeibisroasters for being there!

Our new executive director, Scott Braden, spoke powerfully about what connects all of us in the Protect Wild Utah movement. He closed his remarks with a quote from Wallace Stegner that captured the heart of why we fight so fiercely for our last wild places:

“We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.” —Wallace Stegner

Right now, that geography of hope is under threat from escalating attempts by lawmakers to chip away at public land protections across Utah and the West. But this movement—grounded in determination, solidarity, and a deep love for the land—has never been stronger.

From all of us at SUWA, thank you for being part of this fight—for showing up in every way you can, and for helping to ensure that the redrock endures for future generations! #protectwildutah

About SUWA
Sign Up
Contact Us
Careers
Shop

Like us on Facebook Follow us on Bluesky Find us on Instagram Watch us on YouTube Watch us on TikTok

Stay Informed About Utah Wilderness

Main Office

425 East 100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 486-3161

Washington, DC

122 C Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 546-2215

Moab

P.O. Box 968
Moab, UT 84532

Yard Signs

Our popular “Protect Wild Utah” yard signs (in both English and Spanish) are available for pickup at SUWA’s Salt Lake City office and at many of our local events. To arrange an office pickup time (between 9-5, M-F), please call (801) 486-3161 or email us at info@suwa.org.

Privacy Policy

©2025 Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. All Rights Reserved. Protecting Utah’s Redrock Country. All donations are tax exempt.