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Conservation Groups File Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Dinosaur Treasure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

President’s abuse of authority strips protections from iconic dinosaur wonderland in Utah and undermines 1906 Antiquities Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2017 Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (801.428.3981 or 801.859.1552 (cell)) Washington, DC —Hours after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation taking an axe to Grand Staircase-Escalante...

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SUWA Statement on President Trump’s Illegal Attempt to Eviscerate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2017 Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801.712.5034 (cell) Steve Bloch, Legal Director, 801-428-3981 Mathew Gross, Media Director, 802-578-3394 Salt Lake City, UT – In response to President Trump’s proclamations today that eviscerate Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance...

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Oil, Gas, Coal and Mining Interests Stand to Gain from Trump’s Illegal Repeal of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments

Following President Trump’s unlawful attempt to repeal Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, the federal public lands and significant cultural, paleontological and wilderness resources in those monuments will be left exposed to oil, gas and coal leasing and development, as well as the location and development of new hard...

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SUWA Statement on Reports President Trump Will Eliminate 85% of Bears Ears and Half of Grand Staircase-Escalante

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bloch, 801-428-3981 In response to reports in the Washington Post today that President Trump intends to eliminate 85% of Bears Ears National Monument and half of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Executive Director Scott Groene issued the following statement: “If President Trump...

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