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Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ann

Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the release of the final Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the restored Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Below is a statement from SUWA Wildlands Attorney, Kya Marienfeld.

“We hope that in this final Plan the BLM has taken seriously its duty to protect one of the most treasured public landscapes in America. Moving forward, we expect that the Monument will once again be managed to protect what makes it like nowhere else—remarkable paleontological discoveries and cultural sites, jaw-dropping scenery, and outstanding intact and diverse natural ecosystems. SUWA will closely monitor the implementation of the final Plan, and continue to encourage management actions that will preserve the monument for current and future generations.” —Kya Marienfeld

For additional information, find the pull press release at the link in our bio.

#protectwildutah #GrandStaircase #Escalante #NationalMonument #GSENM #BLM

Today, SUWA filed a lawsuit in federal district co

Today, SUWA filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington D.C. challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent decision to reaffirm controversial oil and gas leases in Utah’s wild, remote San Rafael Desert region including a lease within the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness.

The San Rafael Desert is a sublime area of Utah’s backcountry encompassing the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, which is bounded on the east by the Green River, and on the south by Canyonlands National Park and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The Labyrinth Canyon stretch of the Green River abuts the Wilderness and passes through Bowknot Bend on its way to the confluence with the Colorado River. This stretch of river is one of the most iconic in the United States and over 40 miles are designated as Scenic under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Congress designated the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness on March 12, 2019, in the John D. Dingell Act. The lease within the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, which the Trump administration BLM rushed to issue as a last-minute handout to its industry allies only a few days before the Dingell Act was signed into law, is literally located in the heart of this wild landscape. The decision was so controversial that U.S. Senators objected to this last-minute fossil fuel giveaway arguing that development of the lease would “destroy [what] Congress sought to protect when it created the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness.”

For more information, visit the link in our bio.

#protectwildutah #labyrinthcanyon #wilderness

In case you missed it—August's Redrock Report ha

In case you missed it—August's Redrock Report has arrived. This month features:
- 🏛 Utah Politicians Bring Litigation to Seize 18 Million Acres of Public Lands in Utah
- 📣 Take Action: Support Restoration Rooted in Native Species Conservation!
- 🐻 Developer Withdraws Proposal for Giant Communications Tower in Heart of Bears Ears National Monument
- 🌎 SUWA and Coalition Granted Intervention in Multi-State NEPA Challenge
- 🏜️ Washington County Files Lawsuit in Relentless Quest to Carve a Highway through Red Cliffs NCA

To read the full Redrock Report, visit: https://suwa.org/august-2024-redrock-report/

📣 Take action 📣 Please comment in support of

📣 Take action 📣 Please comment in support of conservation-focused restoration efforts in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument!

In July, the Deer Springs fire burned across 11,000-acres in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Though wildland fire can be a scary sight on the landscape, it is a natural part of most ecosystems in the west, including piñon juniper woodlands on the Colorado Plateau. After a wildland fire, there is limited time for land managers, in this case, the BLM, to request funding and assistance with post-fire restoration. We are asking members to submit comments (due on Wednesday, August 28) encouraging BLM to take a native ecosystem-focused approach to its restoration activities. Learn more and take action at the link in our bio.

Utah has often been described as “ground zero”

Utah has often been described as “ground zero” for anti-public lands efforts. Yesterday, the state’s leaders took this sentiment to a whole new extreme. The Governor and Utah’s elected leadership proudly announced that the state had filed a lawsuit at the US Supreme Court that would turn over 18.5 million acres of federal public lands to the state.

❗Make no mistake: this is an unprecedented land grab❗It would take public lands and give them to the State of Utah and ultimately to developers and extractive industries. The consequences for Southern Utah—beloved places like Labyrinth Canyon, the Dirty Devil, the Deep Creek Mountains, and Fisher Towers—would be beyond devastating. If the state wins, it would cause chaos and similar lawsuits affecting nearly 200 million acres of land across the Western US and Alaska. We’re taking this unprecedented threat seriously and we’ll be fighting it in every way we can.

Read more in an update from our Executive Director, Scott Groene, at the link in our bio.

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