In April, President Obama established the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative in order to start a national dialogue about conservation. This is your opportunity to tell the Department of the Interior and the rest of the Obama administration that Utah’s wilderness-quality lands deserve much needed protections. Make your voice heard! The...
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Capitol Hill Report, July 15, 2010
Tilting at windmills: The Congressional Western Caucus If a bullet is fired from an echo chamber, does it make a war? The Congressional Western Caucus must think so, as it was up in arms Wednesday fighting the so-called “War on Western Jobs” by hosting a fake Congressional hearing on Capitol...
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Help Protect Utah’s New Wilderness and National Conservation Areas
The Watchman in Washington County, copyright David Pett Three distinct life zones come together in Utah’s southwestern corner — the Colorado Plateau, the Mojave Desert, and the Great Basin — resulting in lands that are among the most diverse and sensitive in all of Utah. Just over a year ago,...
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Utah Wilderness News, July 14, 2010
Guv cheers, jeers federal lands agency The often-contentious — yet vital — relationship between Utah’s Republican dominated government and Democratic federal land managers was on full display Tuesday. His sit-down with Salazar was a follow-up to a visit Salazar made to Utah in April. They discussed developing renewable energy on...
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Utah Wilderness News, July 13, 2010
SUWA releases list of "Utah's Ten Most Threatened Wilderness Treasures" "We agree with SUWA that the BLM, now under the authority of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, should undertake more thorough assessments of the regions addressed in the plans. If that requires further public comment and hearings, so be it. These...
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