Glen Canyon National Recreation Area photo by Ray Bloxham The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GCNRA) encompasses a significant portion of Utah’s redrock country in southern Utah. Authorized in 1972 and managed by the National Park Service (NPS), it covers 1.25 million acres of remote and wild canyon country. This...
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Utah Wilderness News, November 22, 2010
Former BLM Director calls for end to "No More Wilderness" settlement "The Salt Lake Tribune’s recent editorial 'More wilderness' hit the nail right on the head. The time has certainly arrived for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to openly repudiate one of the last administration’s most odious policies — the so-called...
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We’re on the air! – Redrock Report November 2010
November 2010 Here’s what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Our new media campaign is up and running! 2. Western newspapers editorialize against the “No More Wilderness” policy. 3. Go into the field with Brooke and Terry Tempest Williams. 4. Help protect Arch Canyon! SUWA is On the...
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To the Book Cliffs with Brooke and Terry Tempest Williams
Lately, my job as “Field Advocate” has involved driving the boundaries of the areas in the Book Cliffs included in America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in order to get familiar with boundaries and edges and specific landscape features. This has to be one of the largest, most spectacular, wildest regions...
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Utah Wilderness News, November 17, 2010
SUWA and partners challenge Utah land use plans "The groups, including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), assert that the BLM violated federal environmental laws by failing to identify and protect areas that have wilderness qualities and could qualify for congressional designation for permanent protection. The plaintiffs also say the...
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