EPA Allowed by Court to Turn Back on Dangerous Smog Levels, Giving Fracking Industry Free Rein to Pollute For Immediate Release: June 2, 2015 Washington, D.C. – A federal court ruling today denied clean air for Utah’s Uinta Basin, allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to sacrifice public health for...
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CategoriesAction Alerts
Cedar Mesa Needs Your Help!
The BLM’s Monticello Field Office is proposing to allow the Hole-in-the-Rock Foundation to guide hiking and handcart treks (reminiscent of early Mormon pioneer journeys) on three routes/trails in the Cedar Mesa area. The BLM’s current alternatives would allow for a maximum of 250 participants per day, pulling handcarts and supported...
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CategoriesLand Use Plans
Press Release: Court Orders BLM to Conduct Long Overdue Analyses and Inventories in Richfield Area to Protect from ORV Abuse
BLM plan designated thousands of miles of ORV routes, placing iconic western landscapes at risk SALT LAKE CITY–On Friday, May 22, the United States District Court for the District of Utah issued a long awaited ruling regarding the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Resource Management Plan and Off-Road Vehicle Travel...
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CategoriesARRWA
America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Introduced in the 114th Congress!
Great news! Today Sen. Richard Durbin and Rep. Alan Lowenthal joined forces to introduce America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (S. 1375/H.R. 2430) in Congress, the visionary legislation that would protect 9.2 million acres of Utah’s world-renowned public lands as wilderness. If they are your representatives, please thank them! A few...
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CategoriesARRWA
Help Us Build Support for America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act!
Great news! Sen. Richard Durbin and Rep. Alan Lowenthal will soon reintroduce America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in Congress, setting forth the vision for protecting 9.2 million acres of deserving public lands in Southern Utah—places like White Canyon, Desolation Canyon and the San Rafael Swell. You can help them make...
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