Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Today, in honor of National Women’s History Month, we harken back to the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to recognize the pivotal role of women in the early decades of the Utah wilderness movement. In the interest of brevity, we have chosen to highlight just a few of the remarkable and...
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In this episode, we take on the climate implications of the Bureau of Land Management’s “vegetation removal” program. Previously, we’ve discussed this clearcutting of mostly healthy pinyon-juniper forest in the name of “habitat restoration” – a practice that mostly benefits domestic livestock grazers. SUWA Wildlands Attorney Kya Marienfeld joins us...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org Moab, UT (March 15, 2021) – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) executive director Scott Groene issued the following statement: “Utah’s public lands suffered significant damage...
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This Friday, March 12th, marks the second anniversary of the Emery County Public Land Management Act becoming law as part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The Emery Act is one of the largest wilderness bills in a decade to become law, protecting 663,000 acres...
Read MoreThe Bureau of Land Management Failed to Decide the Application During the Trump Administration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Michelle White, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.236.3775 Liam Kelly, National Parks Conservation Association, 213.814.8666 Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, 646.823.4518 Jennifer Dickson, The Wilderness Society, 303.650.9379 Salt Lake City, UT (March...
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