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SUWA Statement on the Designation of Bears Ears National Monument

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 28, 2016 Moab, UT — In response to President Barack Obama designating the Bears Ears National Monument, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) Executive Director Scott Groene issued the following statement: “We applaud the President’s decision and congratulate the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition for this historic protection...

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Tell BLM: Deforestation Doesn’t Belong in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), one of Utah’s most untamed landscapes and the “crown jewel” of the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System, today faces a new threat from the very agency tasked with protecting it from human-caused harm. In the BLM’s latest push to drastically manipulate the West’s high desert...

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Press Release: Moab Master Leasing Plan Will Protect Utah’s Redrock Lands

Blueprint for protecting Utah’s redrock lands provides more certainty for future energy development For Immediate Release THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL * SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City (December 15, 2016):  The Bureau of Land Management today issued...

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