Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
August 28, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Lawsuit Challenges BLM’s Decision to Reaffirm Fossil Fuel Leases in the Heart of Congressionally Designated Wilderness – 8.28.24 Contacts:Landon Newell, Staff Attorney, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (801) 428-3991 (landon@suwa.org)Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the...
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Our e-newsletter with the latest on redrock wilderness news and events.
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What does a piñon pine and juniper forest look like after a fire? This month, SUWA staff and partners were out in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument following the Deer Springs Fire (which burned across an 11,000-acre area at the end of July). As you can see, while there are areas...
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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...
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The Land Between Price, Utah and Grand Junction, Colorado, Highway 6 and Interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion: the thousand-foot-high wall of the Book Cliffs that parallels the highway just to the north. Winding for 250 miles...
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