Please tell the Utah BLM State Director that Arch Canyon is a gem that must be preserved — not managed as a playground for ATVs and dirt bikes. Arch Canyon, photo by Liz Thomas The Bureau of Land Management recently denied SUWA’s request to protect Arch Canyon from the damage...
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Utah Wilderness News, October 29, 2010
Widely criticized “No More Wilderness” Policy should be changed Seven years ago, the U.S. Interior secretary and the governor of Utah cut a land management deal that has reverberated across the West ever since. Through an unprecedented interpretation of federal law, this agreement allowed for the removal of federal protections...
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Utah Wilderness News, October 22, 2010
Sign the Petition to Overturn the "No More Wilderness" Policy "It was the dark days of 2003, and environmental groups still hadn't quite grasped the full scope of the Bush administration's outrageous disregard for the planet. Then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton was in closed-door negotiations to settle a lawsuit with the...
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Help Protect Wilderness and Save Sevier Lake – Redrock Report October 2010
Here's what is happening this month with the redrock:1. 21 conservation groups and YOU ask the Obama administration to protect wilderness.2. Take action to help save Sevier Lake!3. Read a recap of the 2010 SUWA Roundup.4. Remember to talk to candidates about Utah wilderness this election season!5. See SUWA's Wild...
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Disturbed Desert Dust and Early Snowmelt
How We Lose 18-Months-Worth of Water for Los Angeles Every Year A recent scientific study has found that the Colorado River is losing 35 billion cubic feet a year due to early snowmelt caused by the deposition of windborne dust in the mountains of the Upper Colorado River Basin. That...
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