Redrock Headlines

San Rafael Swell Under Attack Once Again

Sep 14th, 2015 Written by Landon Newell

The San Rafael Swell is once again under attack from oil and gas leasing – and again sensitive and irreplaceable cultural, archaeological, paleontological, and wilderness values are at risk. More than 35,000 acres – all of them identified by BLM as possessing wilderness value – have been placed on the...

Blog

The New Utah Math

Sep 9th, 2015 Written by Deeda Seed

Utah's faulty equation for seizing our public lands just doesn't add up.

Land Use Plans

BLM to Host Open Houses on Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs NCAs

Aug 27th, 2015 Written by Neal Clark

The St. George BLM is holding open houses next week for its recently released draft National Conservation Area (NCA) management plan. As you may recall, the 2009 Washington County public lands bill (the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) created two NCAs near St. George, Utah: the 63,478-acre Beaver...

Antiquities Act

Bears Ears, the Public Lands Initiative, and San Juan County

Aug 26th, 2015 Written by Scott Groene

Recently, newspaper stories and rumors have swirled around both a potential national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Rep. Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative. Let me try and cut through the clutter to give you an idea where things currently stand. First, the monument. A historic coalition of Native-American...