America’s Great Outdoors Montana Listening Session Bozeman, MontanaWednesday, June 2, 2010 Montana State UniversityPost by Ron Craighead An introductory speech was given by Will Shefolk who works directly under Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior. The stated purpose of these sessions was to ‘reconnect’ to people and issues regarding wilderness...
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Opportunity or peril? San Juan County wilderness
It’s an exciting time for Utah wilderness advocates. Wilderness legislation for San Juan County – the heart of some of the most spectacular redrock wilderness – is still in the works. This, despite U.S. Senator Bob Bennett’s (R-UT) loss at the recent Utah Republican convention. White Canyon Narrows photo copyright...
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Report from the Montana Great Outdoors America Listening Session
America’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Bozeman, MT June 2, 2010 Blog post by Carolyn Hopper My impression of the “Listening ” session was that it went well. The 200 or so who attended were in break out sessions after a short film which restated the statements in the hand outs...
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Report from the SUWA Grassroots Retreat, May 2010
SUWA Grassroots Leaders Retreat, Moab, Utah May 14-16, 2010 Blog entry by Stephen Trimble We were exhilarated by the setting—Canyonlands Field Institute—nestled against the buttes and spires separating Utah’s Professor and Castle valleys. The La Sal Mountains rose to elegant snowy points, upcanyon, and sunset dramatized the red buttresses of...
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Action Alert, May 28, 2010
Nokai Dome in the San Juan-Canyonlands region. Photo copyright Harvey Halpern. Over the past two months, we’ve participated in a series of meetings with San Juan County commissioners and representatives of Senator Bob Bennett to discuss the merits of wilderness designations within the San Juan-Canyonlands landscape. Throughout Senator Bennett’s process,...
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