Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Salt Lake City, UT (March 19, 2020): The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to offer a massive swath of treasured Utah public lands for oil and gas development. The Washington Post reported on this new development on March 18th. BLM has received more than 230 oil and gas...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Wildlands Attorney, 573-228-1061, kya@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 11, 2020) – Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) Wildlands Attorney Kya Marienfeld released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) proposal to fast track approvals and eliminate public input and review on...
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Our e-newsletter with the latest on redrock wilderness news and events.
Read MoreOne of our most important tools in protecting Utah’s redrock wilderness is under unprecedented attack. As you may have heard, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)—our nation’s bedrock environmental law—is now in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. The administration has proposed rolling back and significantly weakening NEPA, a move that “strike[s]...
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This op-ed by SUWA Executive Director Scott Groene was published in the online version of the Salt Lake Tribune on February 13, 2020. With the reintroduction of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in Congress last week, it’s worth reflecting on how far wilderness has come in Utah. Over the past...
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