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BLM Commits $75 Million to the Continued Destruction of Utah’s Public Lands

Jan 9th, 2020 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Laura Welp, Western Watersheds Project, 435-899-0204, laura@westernwatersheds.org Mary O’Brien, Grand Canyon Trust, 435-259-6205, mobrien@grandcanyontrust.org Moab, UT (January 9, […]

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BLM Wants to Open up San Rafael Desert to Twice as Much Motorized Use

Dec 19th, 2019 Written by suwa

Last Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft travel management plan for the San Rafael Desert in Emery County, Utah that would more than double the number […]

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BLM Releases Disastrous Draft Travel Plan for the San Rafael Desert

Dec 16th, 2019 Written by suwa

Offers public only 30 days, including over the holidays, to submit comments on a plan that has been years in the making. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Laura Peterson, Southern Utah […]

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Tell BLM No Way to a Highway through Red Cliffs!

Dec 10th, 2019 Written by suwa

Utah’s public lands are facing death by a thousand cuts. And now the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) near St. George—home to the densest population of threatened Mojave desert […]

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Tell BLM Not to Pave the Way for R.S. 2477 Highways across Utah’s Public Lands!

Dec 6th, 2019 Written by Steve Bloch

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering giving away the United States’ interest to a 10-mile dirt road (the so-called “Manganese Road”) in the southwest corner of Utah. This […]

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Happy Earth Week! April's Redrock Report is here. Happy Earth Week! April's Redrock Report is here. This month features:
Latest Updates on Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Congressional Review Act
 --Boundary Waters Suffers Major Blow, Grand Staircase-Escalante Could Be Next
 --Outcry Grows Over Misuse of CRA,
 --Your Involvement Remains Critical
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Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Just now the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Res. 140, which overturns a 20-year mining ban in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota, the most visited wilderness area in America. 

Another iconic landscape—Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah—faces a similar threat using the same nefarious legislative tool: the Congressional Review Act (CRA). 

Above is a statement from SUWA Executive Director Scott Braden. For continuing updates on the Boundary Waters, follow: @savethebwca 

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