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BLM Announces Intention to Sell Oil, Gas Leases Next to Bears Ears National Monument and on Culturally and Ecologically Significant Federal Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this afternoon released an environmental study in support of its proposal to offer 46 leases (encompassing approximately 57,000 acres) for oil and gas development on federal public land in southeastern Utah.
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San Juan County Closed-Door Meetings with Interior Secretary Zinke and Others Violate Utah Open and Public Meetings Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2017 Contact: Laura Peterson, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.236.3762 Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Last Friday afternoon, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed a lawsuit in Utah’s Third District Court alleging that San Juan County repeatedly violated Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act when...
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Congress Returns from Vacation on the Attack Against Public Lands
Congress is back in session following its summer vacation and, unfortunately, a return of Congress often means a fresh set of attacks made on public lands. These assaults come in the form of three bills: the so-called Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, the Native American Energy Act, and...
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Late-Night Interior Department Order Seeks to Shortcut Environmental Reviews
Interior Order sets arbitrary process for completing complex environmental review; poses a direct threat to local community involvement in decision making FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2017 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City (Sept. 6, 2017): Heading into last week’s Labor Day weekend the Interior...
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