Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Today, the Winter Solstice takes place in the northern hemisphere, which means we will pass through the longest night of the year. What most of us forget is that this darkness is not universal. In the southern hemisphere, December 21st is the longest DAY of the year. Shift the perspective...
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As you know, last week President Trump issued an unlawful order to repeal the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and replace it with three smaller monuments—leaving nearly half of the original monument unprotected. The next day, Representative Chris Stewart (UT-02) introduced H.R. 4558, the “Grand Staircase-Escalante Enhancement Act” in the U.S....
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2017 Contact: Jen Ujifusa, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (202) 266-0473 This week, following the outrageous and illegal repeal of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by President Trump, Utah’s representatives in Congress doubled down on the effort to unprotect these iconic landscapes by introducing...
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President’s abuse of authority strips protections from a priceless cultural and natural heritage that belongs to all Americans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2017 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3981 Washington, D.C. — Three days after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation taking an axe to Bears...
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On December 4th, President Donald Trump swooped into Utah and committed the most destructive act against public lands in the history of the presidency by repealing both the decades-old Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the not-yet-a-year-old Bears Ears National Monument. Grand Staircase was shrunk by 47 percent, with about 1...
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