Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
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 MoreHistoric 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 MoreIt’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 MoreSUWA 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...
Read MoreDOI, SUWA attorneys agree previous administration's energy policies failed — decisions must incorporate wilderness considerations"'All signs are that the Department of Interior is taking a much more active role in ensuring that energy development is treated as but one of a number of federal resources that include wilderness, recreation, water...
Read More