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Shásh Jaa’: Bears Ears: The Making of a National Monument

Angelo Baca is a Navajo and Hopi filmmaker, a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at New York University, and the cultural resources coordinator for Utah Diné Bikéyah. Please join us for a special screening of his award-winning short film, Shásh Jaa’: Bears Ears. $5 members, $10 non-members (Ticket price...

Podcast

Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 8: A Monumental Plan of Plunder

Oct 3rd, 2019 Written by suwa

SUWA Wildlands Attorney Kya Marienfeld speaks with Dave Pacheco about about the Trump administration’s new master management plans for what remains of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, as well as the nearly one million acres that President Trump excised from the 23 year-old monument. These plans authorize rampant chaining of pinyon and...

Antiquities Act

SUWA Statement on Federal Judge’s Denial of Motion to Dismiss Monument Lawsuits

Oct 1st, 2019 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, (801)-859-1552 or steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (October 1, 2019) – In response to Judge Chutkan’s decision allowing lawsuits to proceed against President Trump’s reductions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, SUWA legal director Stephen Bloch issued the following statement: “The...

West Desert WSA Service Project III

The Land Utah’s West Desert is a remote, sprawling collection of magnificent landscapes containing a series of distinctive “island” ranges including the Deep Creek Mountains, the House Range, the Wah-Wahs, Notch Peak, and more. Spanning several counties and hundreds of miles of remote roads, many of the regions spectacular features are...