Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
A federal judge recently issued an order rejecting a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River in eastern Utah. This ruling received local and national media attention. The plan at issue in the ruling is part of the highly controversial Gasco...
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SALT LAKE CITY (October 5, 2016) – A federal judge has rejected a natural gas project on public lands along the Upper Desolation Canyon on the Green River in eastern Utah.
Read MoreWith the inauguration of Barack Obama four years ago, redrock wilderness supporters reasonably expected some righting of the imbalance in public lands management that characterized eight years of the Bush administration. Bush’s Interior Department, and especially its Bureau of Land Management (BLM), made an art form out of ceding important...
Read MoreHere's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. New signature campaign against Governor Herbert's public land grab. 2. Greater Canyonlands becomes a hot topic in the Utah State Legislature. 3. Help protect the President's ability to designate national monuments. 4. SUWA & our partners file a lawsuit to...
Read MoreLast 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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