Kane County, doing things the hard way "It is somewhat puzzling that Kane County would sue just months after the Interior Department agreed to cede control of five roads to the county without the county having to resort to legal action. Those five include the route from U.S. Highway 89...
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Get ready to rumble!
Photo by Lin Alder Elections matter for our public lands. Last night brought enormous change for the worse. Wilderness may be a bi-partisan issue, although it fares better under one party and that party was crushed last night. But we’ve overcome bad elections before by uniting supporters in the face...
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Protect Arch Canyon from ORVs
Please tell the Utah BLM State Director that Arch Canyon is a gem that must be preserved — not managed as a playground for ATVs and dirt bikes. Arch Canyon, photo by Liz Thomas The Bureau of Land Management recently denied SUWA’s request to protect Arch Canyon from the damage...
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Utah Wilderness News, October 29, 2010
Widely criticized “No More Wilderness” Policy should be changed Seven years ago, the U.S. Interior secretary and the governor of Utah cut a land management deal that has reverberated across the West ever since. Through an unprecedented interpretation of federal law, this agreement allowed for the removal of federal protections...
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Utah Wilderness News, October 22, 2010
Sign the Petition to Overturn the "No More Wilderness" Policy "It was the dark days of 2003, and environmental groups still hadn't quite grasped the full scope of the Bush administration's outrageous disregard for the planet. Then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton was in closed-door negotiations to settle a lawsuit with the...
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