According to a recent bipartisan poll released by Colorado College, Western voters — including Utahns — want to see their public lands protected. Seventy-four percent of Utahns polled said public lands “support the economy, provide recreation opportunities and enhance quality of life . . .” “Westerners see the permanent protection...
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Urgent: Please Attend a Hearing on Greater Canyonlands this Thursday (2/7)!
We just learned that there will be a hearing at 4 pm tomorrow (Thursday) at the State Capitol on the resolution introduced yesterday by Senator Dabakis calling for the protection of Greater Canyonlands. Please attend and tell your friends!
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SUWA Statement on the Nomination of Sally Jewell
Statement of Richard Peterson-Cremer, Legislative Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, on President Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell for Secretary of the Interior: We are gladdened to see this impressive nominee to be the next Secretary of the Interior. Sally Jewell has a tremendous record supporting important conservation measures while...
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Amazing news for Greater Canyonlands!
Utah state Senator Jim Dabakis has just introduced a resolution in the Utah legislature in support of Congressional or Executive action to protect Greater Canyonlands—a watershed moment in the effort to preserve it for future generations. The sponsor of the resolution in the Utah House of Representatives is Representative Patrice...
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CONSERVATION GROUPS CHALLENGE DRILLING PROGRAM IN DESOLATION CANYON REGION
Last Friday, January 18, a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Salt Lake City challenging the Interior Department’s decision to allow nearly 1,300 new oil and gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon region.
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