The St. George BLM is holding open houses next week for its recently released draft National Conservation Area (NCA) management plan. As you may recall, the 2009 Washington County public lands bill (the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) created two NCAs near St. George, Utah: the 63,478-acre Beaver...
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Bears Ears, the Public Lands Initiative, and San Juan County
Recently, newspaper stories and rumors have swirled around both a potential national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Rep. Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative. Let me try and cut through the clutter to give you an idea where things currently stand. First, the monument. A historic coalition of Native-American...
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CategoriesAntiquities Act
Canyonlands Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Tell President Obama to protect our canyonlands!
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CategoriesBlog
Victory in the Battle to Protect Indian Creek from ATV Proliferation!
It’s a sad day for ATV “enthusiasts” in San Juan County and it’s back to the drawing board for the Monticello BLM. On August 10, 2015, pursuant to a motion filed by the BLM, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“Board”) issued an order vacating the BLM’s approval of the...
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CategoriesAction Alerts
BLM Releases Draft Moab ‘Master Leasing Plan’ for Review
Last Friday, Utah BLM released the long awaited draft Moab master leasing plan (or Moab MLP) for a 90-day public review and comment period. BLM kicked off the master leasing plan process in May 2010 in direct response to litigation that SUWA and our partners brought in the last days...
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