Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Selma is out! New BLM director for Utah Steve Bloch, an attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, said that Sierra’s departure was expected. “She did not and could not represent the kind of change in direction that [Interior] Secretary [Ken] Salazar says he wants,” said Bloch, whose conservation group...
Read MoreAlthough many predicted it, Senator Bennett’s defeat in last Saturday’s Republican Convention still came in a cloud of disbelief. Even those of us who have lived here forever and have grown used to Utah’s political antics were shocked. We’ve heard from friends from other places who are worried that the...
Read More“To San Juan County, access is as important as Special Designations”. I’m sitting in the San Juan County Administration building, in Monticello, Utah. This is the fourth of eight “informational” meetings scheduled by Utah Senator Robert Bennett as part of his “San Juan County Public Lands Process”. After yesterday’s comments,...
Read MoreDepartment of Interior needs to clarify and prioritize SUWA’s own Associate Director Heidi McIntosh writes an impassioned editorial about Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s visit to Utah. Read more at The Salt Lake Tribune. Commissioners and Environmentalists unite to work towards San Jaun bill Senator Bob Bennett has...
Read MoreOn April 26, U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar instructed Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and his “Balanced Resource Council” to “Be not afraid,” no new monuments would be designated without their involvement. We would almost certainly not have Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Parks — which first gained administrative...
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