Here we go again. Congress is attacking special places this week, this time by trying to dismantle the Antiquities Act, the mechanism that has safeguarded some of our nation’s most beloved national parks and monuments for future generations (nearly half of our national parks began as national monuments).
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Park Service Gem or ORV Playground?
The National Park Service is drafting an off-road vehicle plan for the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and is proposing to legitimize and expand existing, unauthorized ORV use. Your comments could help decide the fate of this remarkable landscape.
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Uranium Mining in Southern Utah — Again?
A Canadian mining corporation is proposing to significantly expand its overall mining operation to increase ore production at its Daneros uranium mine just five miles west of Natural Bridges National Monument.
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Sen. Hatch Declares Herbert’s Land Grab Dead on Arrival
Last Friday, Senator Orrin Hatch had some glum words for Utah legislators who support Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s quixotic wasteful attempts to get the federal government to hand over public lands to the state of Utah. Speaking before the Utah legislature: Hatch told the Utah Legislature on Friday that its drive...
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Oil and Gas Industry Appeals BLM Decision Not to Lease in San Rafael Swell
Last year the BLM proposed to sell 57 oil and gas leases primarily located in Utah’s stunning San Rafael Swell. The leases would have green-lighted development on more than 80,000 acres of proposed wilderness, the vast majority of which the BLM itself acknowledges are wilderness-caliber landscapes. The leases would have also authorized...
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