Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
February 11, 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on the WEST Act and its Impact on the Public Lands Rule – 2.11.25 Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC– Today, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) re-introduced the Western Economic...
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February 3, 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Announces 2025 Stewardship Season Project Calendar – 2.3.25 Projects across public lands in Utah provide hands-on opportunities to help protect wild Utah Contacts:Jeremy Lynch, Stewardship Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (435) 259-9151: jeremy@suwa.orgGrant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA);...
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Posted 1/30/2025 The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is seeking a law clerk for the summer 2025 season. SUWA’s legal staff litigate and advocate for durable public land conservation policies, focusing on a large array of issues including preventing fossil fuel development, promoting balanced travel and recreation management, and the...
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The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part of that act, the Emery County Public Land Management Act protected 663,000 acres of public lands as designated wilderness, including...
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The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local communities have benefited with significant increases in tourism, new businesses, population growth, and higher per capita income. Since its designation...
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