Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Last week, Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee introduced a bill that would create a massive “withdrawal” zone across Bureau of Land Management lands, effectively expanding the operational footprint of the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). The training range in Utah’s West Desert is used by the Army,...
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We wanted to make sure you saw this op-ed from Herman Daniels, Jr. in Sunday’s edition of the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr. Daniels is a Navajo Nation Council Delegate representing the Utah communities of Naa’tsis’Áán (Navajo Mountain) and Oljato (Monument Valley). He writes: Recently, a number of people have tried...
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We have two good pieces of news to share as this week comes to a close. First, BLM’s Utah state office decided to postpone the November 2015 oil and gas lease sale and the offering of 36 parcels (totaling more than 36,000 acres) in the Vernal, Price and Fillmore field...
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Tired of hearing about lease sales and drilling proposals in the heart of Utah’s canyon country? Now is your chance to influence the planning process and keep new roads, oil rigs, waste pits, and pipelines out of Utah’s most iconic redrock landscapes. The BLM’s Canyon Country District Office is accepting...
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Despite the dramatic drop in natural gas and oil prices, the BLM is considering approval of a large-scale oil and gas development project in the Desolation Canyon proposed wilderness area in the heart of Utah’s West Tavaputs Plateau. The area targeted for development is part of the larger Desolation Canyon...
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