Reversal of Bush-era “No More Wilderness” Policy Applauded Secretary of Interior Salazar’s new wilderness guidance gives needed protection to millions of acres of wilderness-quality lands in the West. The new policy is a critical step towards ensuring the permanent protection of the last remaining wild lands in the West. Further,...
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Protect Wilderness in the Cedar City Area! – Redrock Report December 2010
Here’s what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Ask the BLM to protect wilderness-quality lands in Utah’s West Desert! 2. Help us thank departing redrock champion Sen. Russ Feingold. 3. The Santa Fe New Mexican is the latest paper to call for an end to “No More Wilderness.”...
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Thanking a Redrock Champion
It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to one of the Redrock’s greatest champions, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI). Russ, as his colleagues refer to him, lost his race for a fourth term in the anti-Washington frenzy of the recent election. Ironically, Russ is about as independent as they...
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Stop drilling in wild Desolation Canyon
Proposed Desolation Canyon wilderness, photo by Ray Bloxham In what can only be called “shockingly disappointing,” the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is promoting a private company’s plan to develop the Desolation Canyon proposed wilderness and destroy thousands of acres. We would have expected as much during the last...
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Utah Wilderness News, December 14, 2010
Alton coal mine: Sacrificing long-term interests for short-term gain "It seems that some harebrained scheme related to land or energy development is always floating about in Utah. The latest such questionable proposal is for surface (strip) coal mine located less than ten miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park. Alton...
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