Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Planning stage begins for Washington County "The Bureau of Land Management has started the three-year process of implementing the provisions of a massive lands bill passed last year by Congress, which designated 256,338 acres of public lands as wilderness. New management plans are needed for the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve...
Read MoreColoradans have a stake in the future of Utah's public lands "Utah public lands being considered for possible wilderness designation concern Coloradans, judging from the number of Colorado license plates in the area every spring, said Terri Martin, of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance." Read more – Grand Junction Free...
Read MoreAmerica’s Great Outdoors Montana Listening Session Bozeman, MontanaWednesday, June 2, 2010 Montana State UniversityPost by Ron Craighead An introductory speech was given by Will Shefolk who works directly under Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior. The stated purpose of these sessions was to ‘reconnect’ to people and issues regarding wilderness...
Read MoreIt’s an exciting time for Utah wilderness advocates. Wilderness legislation for San Juan County – the heart of some of the most spectacular redrock wilderness – is still in the works. This, despite U.S. Senator Bob Bennett’s (R-UT) loss at the recent Utah Republican convention. White Canyon Narrows photo copyright...
Read MoreAmerica’s Great Outdoors Listening Session, Bozeman, MT June 2, 2010 Blog post by Carolyn Hopper My impression of the “Listening ” session was that it went well. The 200 or so who attended were in break out sessions after a short film which restated the statements in the hand outs...
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