This past Tuesday, the off-road vehicle and anti-wilderness crowd turned out in force at a public hearing that the Grand County Council held regarding its recommendations for the Bishop Public Lands Initiative. The aim of the boisterous crowd was to intimidate the council into backing down on their recommendations to...
Read MoreUrgent: Protect Labyrinth Canyon and the Moab area!
This Monday, March 16th, the Grand County Council in Moab, Utah is going to be putting the finishing touches on its recommendations to Representative Rob Bishop as part of the “Public Lands Initiative” bill. What they decide is going to have a direct impact on what Moab is like in...
Read MoreHundreds protest “land grab” at Utah State Capitol
Great thanks to the nearly three hundred people who rallied at the Utah State Capitol yesterday evening! From chants in opposition to the state’s attempt to take public lands out of American hands and put them “on the chopping block”, to a rousing rendition of “This Land is Your Land”...
Read MoreSome Good News You May Have Missed (on the Oil and Gas Front) . . .
Here are some “good news” stories that you may have missed over the past few weeks. Any one of these things, standing alone, would be reason to cheer. Taken together, you might agree that fortune is smiling on us. Appeals Board upholds BLM decision not to lease San Rafael Swell...
Read MoreLabyrinth Canyon and the San Rafael Desert Need Your Help
Please tell the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that the current San Rafael Desert Motorized Travel Planning process should not result in expanded off-road vehicle use in the San Rafael Desert. Click here to send your comments by February 21, 2015. Utah’s San Rafael Desert, included within the San Rafael...
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