In 2019, we will increase the capacity of our Wilderness Steward Initiative, training and equipping regional volunteers to monitor, assess and report impacts to natural and cultural resources on your public lands. Join us for the year’s first group training in February, then stay connected for additional opportunities to train...
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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 3: A Clearcut by Any Other Name….
Welcome to the SUWA podcast, Wild Utah! Dave Pacheco speaks with SUWA’s Kya Marienfeld and Wild Utah Project’s Allison Jones about the Utah BLM’s ecologically destructive practice of “chaining” — or, in the BLM’s vernacular, “vegetation treatment.” This practice of mechanically removing trees, shrubs and virtually all vegetation from otherwise...
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SUWA Statement on Secretary Zinke’s Departure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, (801)-859-1552 or steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (December 15, 2018) – In response to the announcement of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s departure from President Trump’s cabinet, SUWA legal director Stephen Bloch issued the following statement: “Utah’s federal public lands are unquestionably worse off...
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Canaan Mountain Wilderness Service Project
The Land Adjacent to the southeast boundary of Zion National Park, Canaan Mountain Wilderness is comprised of approximately 44,500 acres of public land in Washington County. In this wilderness, an 8-by-10 mile block of Navajo Sandstone, bounded by 2,000-foot-high cliffs, has been sculpted by wind and water over time into...
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Red Wash Service Project
Project details forthcoming. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our program coordinator: volunteer@suwa.org or (435) 259-9151.
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