Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
In July, when President Trump illegally decimated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, SUWA said we would fight his actions in every way we can, using every tool in our toolbox, for as long as necessary. I’m writing today with an important update on that fight. This morning we...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2026 Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah – 9.2.26 Supplemental complaints to reactivate 2017 monuments litigation in DC District Court Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC – Conservation groups today challenged President Trump’s...
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Earlier this summer we asked you to take action to protect some of southeast Utah’s most remote and ecologically sensitive landscapes from a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to authorize ten backcountry airstrips in the Moab and Monticello areas. Despite thousands of comments critiquing the proposal, the BLM approved...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2026 Recreation, Conservation Groups Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback – 8.25.26 Proposal would gut protections for fish and wildlife, create chaos for public lands users Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department...
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Utah Senator Mike Lee is at it again. Earlier this year, he led a failed legislative attempt to undo the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan. In July, he couldn’t contain his joy when President Trump illegally decimated both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. And now he’s set...
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