Sec. Salazar brings rock-solid sense to management of Nine Mile Canyon "Interior Secretary Ken Salazar continues to make good on his promise to restore much-needed balance and common sense to the regulation of oil and gas drilling in the West. And, so far, Utah has been the centerpiece of Salazar's...
Read MoreUtah Wilderness News, April 1, 2010
No more slick permits: The return of clarity and transparency to drilling policy Thanks to a successful partnership of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Wilderness Society and The Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, it was announced yesterday that oil companies will no longer be able to skip needed environmental assessments...
Read MoreHot Off the Press, March 31, 2010
Historic Preservation and Conservation Groups Settle Suit over BLM Approvals of Natural Gas Wells in Nine Mile Canyon Region “A coalition of historic preservation and conservation groups announced yesterday that they settled a lawsuit with the Bureau of Land Management filed in the summer of 2008 challenging the BLM’s approval...
Read MoreWilderness Protection for Utah’s San Juan-Canyonlands Region?
It’s an exciting time for friends of redrock country! The San Juan-Canyonlands region of southeastern Utah contains some of the most iconic landscapes of the American West, including the ancient ruins of Cedar Mesa, the serpentine San Juan River, and the maze of canyons that comprise White Canyon in the...
Read MoreUtah Wilderness News, March 24, 2010
SUWA asks State Mining Board’s coal interests to step aside for decision“The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance plans to challenge the Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining board today, saying any members with financial interests in coal mining should recuse themselves from decisions on Alton Coal Development’s mine-reclamation plan. SUWA...
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