The Land With the designation ofBears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the most spectacular places in southern Utah. There is Cedar Mesa, with its incredible canyons running toward the San Juan River. There is White Canyon to the west of Natural Bridges. There […]

The Land Located in northeastern Utah, the Uinta Mountains were named for the Uintaat Indians, early relatives of the modern Ute Tribe. The High Uintas Wilderness envelops the wild core of this massive mountain range. Characterized by the highest peaks in Utah, countless lakes, and a unique alpine ecosystem, it is among the nation's most […]

Transform your recreation into stewardship! Across Utah’s public lands there is a pressing need to ensure that negligent and willfully destructive/illegal activities do not exacerbate other threats to proposed and designated wilderness. Under the present administration, we have witnessed a rise in blatant or thinly concealed efforts to undermine the integrity of wild places. This, […]

The Land The lands contained within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument provide an "outstanding biological resource, spanning five life-zones - from low-lying desert to coniferous forest. Deep within this vast and austere landscape, the Anasazi and Fremont cultures made contact in the period AD 950-1100, leaving behind rock art panels, occupation sites, campsites and granaries. Stepping further […]

The Land The Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range (Goshute: Pi'a-roi-ya-bi), are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, in the western United States. The range trends north-south, 84% in Utah and 16% in Nevada, and is mainly composed of granite. Multiple canyons feature perennial […]

The Land Adjacent to the southeast boundary of Zion National Park, Canaan Mountain Wilderness is comprised of approximately 44,500 acres of public land in Washington County. In this wilderness, an 8-by-10 mile block of Navajo Sandstone, bounded by 2,000-foot-high cliffs, has been sculpted by wind and water over time into a landscape of soaring cliff […]

  The Work We will be building and installing buck and rail fencing at the mouth of (2) canyons, each of which contain vulnerable natural springs, to ensure prevention of motorized travel into these areas and resultant impacts on the ecological health of the landscape. Work tasks will vary by need, and are slated to […]

The Land The Westwater Canyon WSA spans the Westwater Canyon portion of the Colorado River with the eastern two-thirds of these protected lands located in the Dolores Triangle. Major tributary canyons on the east side of the river include Little Dolores, Marble, and Star canyons. A short box canyon, Little Hole, and a rincon (Big […]

Join our crew a weekend honoring National Public Lands Day with SUWA and the US Forest Service in the La Sal Mountains! Details to follow.