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BLM Releases Draft Moab ‘Master Leasing Plan’ for Review

Aug 19th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

Last Friday, Utah BLM released the long awaited draft Moab master leasing plan (or Moab MLP) for a 90-day public review and comment period. BLM kicked off the master leasing plan process in May 2010 in direct response to litigation that SUWA and our partners brought in the last days...

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Press Release: Leasing plan for lands near Moab could reduce impacts to wilderness areas and national parks

Aug 14th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

A draft Bureau of Land Management plan released today could guide energy development away from sensitive lands near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and many outstanding proposed wilderness areas that are too wild to drill, though places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek could still be threatened.

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Coal Strip Mine Proposed Near Bryce Canyon

Jul 9th, 2015 Written by Steve Bloch

Some bad ideas just don’t go away. In 2011, with your help, we sent a clear message to the BLM to “just say no” to a proposed coal lease on the western doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park. So did the National Park Service. So did the U.S. Fish and...

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San Rafael Wild Lands on the Auction Block Again?

Jul 7th, 2015 Written by Landon Newell

Here we go again. The BLM’s Price field office is once again poised to put a large portion of the San Rafael Swell on the auction block for oil and gas leasing. Targeted landscapes include the Limestone Cliffs, Molen Reef, Mussentuchit (pronounced “musn’t-touch-it”) Badlands, Rock Canyon, and Upper Muddy Creek...