Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
February 6, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Files Litigation to Stop Illegal Actions by Garfield County in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – 2.6.26 Garfield County strikes at heart of the Monument, ignores federal law Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Yesterday, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) filed a lawsuit and moved for...
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*THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT* The Landscape Near Vernal, Utah, the Green, White, and Yampa Rivers carve winding corridors through layered cliffs and colorful badlands, linking high-elevation forests to arid lowlands. Pinyon-juniper woodlands give way to expansive sagebrush flats, while rugged ridges rise in bands of red, gray, and gold,...
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ADVOCATES FOR THE WESTCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAHCONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETYWILDEARTH GUARDIANS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2026 Lawsuit Challenges Illegal Highway Through Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area – 2.4.26 Local, State, and National Conservation Organizations Seek to Protect Threatened Mojave Desert Tortoise, Redrock...
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The Landscape Just north of Kanab, Utah, an otherworldly transition unfolds: towering red rock buttes give way to a rolling sea of pale sand dunes scattered with tall Ponderosa Pines. Delicate pockets of native grasses and shrubs stabilize the dunes and anchor the ecosystem, while the trees provide shelter and...
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The Landscape Designated on December 28, 2016, Bears Ears National Monument brought new protections to some of the most remarkable landscapes in southern Utah. Within the monument, Cedar Mesa is as a canyon-carved expanse of pinyon-juniper forest which gives refuge to wildlife, holds springs and seasonal creeks, and stunning alcoves...
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