Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
SUWA releases list of "Utah's Ten Most Threatened Wilderness Treasures" "We agree with SUWA that the BLM, now under the authority of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, should undertake more thorough assessments of the regions addressed in the plans. If that requires further public comment and hearings, so be it. These...
Read MoreRecently, we undertook a statewide review of Utah’s wild lands and the threats they face. We completed detailed inventories, studied the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) own documentation of the threats, and consulted with experts. The result is our new report Utah’s Ten Most Threatened Wilderness Treasures. The report highlights...
Read MoreThe Gulf isn't the only place in need of attention from the Interior Department "Salazar told a House subcommittee in March that he disagrees with the “no more wilderness” settlement and that he is working on a resolution. It’s time to complete that work and issue a secretarial order restoring...
Read MoreFinally! Utah State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director and Bush administration holdover, Selma Sierra, has been “reassigned” to head the BLM’s Eastern States office. This announcement has been a long time coming and is a welcome one to supporters of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. During her tenure in...
Read MoreAmerica’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Annapolis, MD Friday, June 25 2010 Post by Chris Yoder The focus was on the Chesapeake Bay. In the breakout sessions they had a list of four issues they wanted to discuss, all of them on the theme of how do we get more people...
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