Notch Peak Service Project

Join SUWA’s Field Volunteers in the West Desert this March! We are headed to the Notch Peak Trailhead to manage motorized impacts into and along the Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area. In addition, we will travel to the Barn Hills to remove a camper left as waste on our public...

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Wilderness Stewards Training in Washington County

Join BLM Staff and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance for the inaugural Wilderness Stewards Training on Saturday, February 3rd and Sunday, February 4th in St. George, Utah. Become a Wilderness Steward in Washington County and learn how you can work directly and locally to improve on the ground conditions and support the...

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SUWA Statement on BLM’s Announcement to Begin Planning Process on Illegal Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante Proclamations

In response to the announcement today by the Bureau of Land Management that it will begin to prepare Monument Management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, which were illegally modified by President Trump on December 4, 2017, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance executive director Scott Groene issued the...

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Stop Rep. Curtis’s Bears Ears Giveaway Bill

As you know, one month ago President Trump issued an unlawful order to repeal the Bears Ears National Monument and replace it with two smaller monuments—leaving nearly 80% of the original monument unprotected. That same day, Representative John Curtis (UT-03) introduced H.R. 4532, the “Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian...

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Conservation Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Decision to Threaten National Monuments, Irreplaceable Cultural Resources with Oil and Gas Leasing and Development

Federal Public Lands Targeted for Oil and Gas Development near Bears Ears, Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments, and Culturally Significant Areas in Southeast Utah For Immediate Release January 3, 2018 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991 Salt Lake...

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