Here's what is happening this month with the redrock:1. 21 conservation groups and YOU ask the Obama administration to protect wilderness.2. Take action to help save Sevier Lake!3. Read a recap of the 2010 SUWA Roundup.4. Remember to talk to candidates about Utah wilderness this election season!5. See SUWA's Wild...
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Disturbed Desert Dust and Early Snowmelt
How We Lose 18-Months-Worth of Water for Los Angeles Every Year A recent scientific study has found that the Colorado River is losing 35 billion cubic feet a year due to early snowmelt caused by the deposition of windborne dust in the mountains of the Upper Colorado River Basin. That...
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350 Mile Walk Kicked Off By Backpacking in San Rafael Swell with Salt Lake High School Students
Guest post by Jamie Pleune Jamie and Ryan Pleune kicked off the first ten miles of their 350 mile walk with a ten mile backpack in the San Rafael Swell accompanied by eleven high school students. The Pleunes are walking 350 miles through Utah to raise awareness for climate...
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Celebrating National Public Lands Day with Service
This video from SUWA's National Public Lands Day Service project was taken on September 25th, 2010. After consulting with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office, SUWA Field Inventory Specialist Ray Bloxham worked with 15 volunteers for 6 hours to build post and rail fences signifying the vehicle...
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Utah Wilderness News, October 4, 2010
Air quality problems plague Uintah Basin "Air pollution monitors recently installed in the Uintah Basin measured ozone concentrations exceeding federal health standards more than 68 times in the first three months of 2010, according to U.S. EPA data. On one day in January and two days in February, recorded ozone...
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