Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Department of Interior needs to clarify and prioritize SUWA’s own Associate Director Heidi McIntosh writes an impassioned editorial about Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s visit to Utah. Read more at The Salt Lake Tribune. Commissioners and Environmentalists unite to work towards San Jaun bill Senator Bob Bennett has...
Read MoreOn April 26, U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar instructed Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and his “Balanced Resource Council” to “Be not afraid,” no new monuments would be designated without their involvement. We would almost certainly not have Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Parks — which first gained administrative...
Read MoreNote: Earlier this spring, Utah Senator Bob Bennett announced he would conduct a process directed at creating legislation that would determine management for public lands in the southeast corner of Utah- – including the Utah Wilderness Coalition’s proposed San Juan-Canyonlands wilderness. After submitting our prioritized list of lands in San...
Read MoreNot the powder days they want: Dust spells trouble for Colorado skiers “As a skier, Auden Schendler sums it up with pragmatic simplicity. “You can’t wax for dirt,” he says. As the Aspen/Snowmass director of community and environmental responsibility, Schendler’s concerns for the disconcerting dust and dirt layers that have...
Read MoreApril 2010 Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. No more slick oil and gas permits from BLM due to a SUWA settlement.2. Share your photos and stories from visits to White Canyon in southeastern Utah.3. Remember to submit your entries for SUWA's photo contest! 4. SW Coloradans:...
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