Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

**It is an honor and privilege to visit these sites and support their protection. Participants must understand that this is a sacred landscape and treat sites with the utmost care and respect.** **THIS IS A BACKPACKING PROJECT** If you choose to apply for this project, please include your previous backpacking...

The Landscape Utah’s vast West Desert is home to a number of dramatic “island” mountain ranges that rise abruptly from the desert floor: the Deep Creek Mountains, the House Range, the Wah Wahs, and many more. Each range holds its own personality, from ancient bristlecone pines and limestone cliffs to...

The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part of that act, the Emery County Public Land Management Act protected 663,000 acres of public lands as designated wilderness, including...

The Landscape Spanning an astonishing 1.7 million acres, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the American Southwest. This is a place of vast slickrock plateaus, winding canyons, towering cliffs, and night skies so dark they feel prehistoric. Every layer of rock tells a story,...