Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
As of writing, it is mid-November 2022 and our program is once again out in the field, Jack at the helm, guiding a contingent of late season stewards as they reinforce boundary barriers in the Canaan Mountain Wilderness. With this effort in the rearview, we will wrap our seventh season....
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Persistence pays off. During the final months of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved a radical travel management scheme for the San Rafael Desert area in southeastern Emery County. The San Rafael Desert is a sublime area of Utah’s backcountry, encompassing the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness and...
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Action opportunity for residents of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees 245 million acres of land largely spread across 12 western states. These lands provide real, quantifiable carbon sequestration and climate adaptation benefits, conserve scarce water resources, and serve...
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Bureau of Land Management Revises Destructive Motorized Plan in San Rafael Desert 120 Miles of Nonexistent, Redundant and Reclaimed Motorized Routes Removed FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Peterson, Staff Attorney, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-236-3762, laura@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (November 1, 2022) —On Friday, October 28, the Bureau of Land Management (“Bureau”...
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With Bears Ears National Monument now restored to its original boundaries, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting preliminary input (known as “scoping comments”) on how to manage the monument. This is a historic opportunity to ensure that the monument is managed for its unique and extraordinary values, and...
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