SALT LAKE CITY (June 18, 2012) --- A coalition of environmental leaders today condemned the Interior Department’s decision to allow nearly 1,300 new oil and gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon region.
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A call for action – Redrock Report June 2012
Here’s what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Aron Ralston promotes Greater Canyonlands monument. 2. Are these R.S. 2477 claims highways? 3. BLM agrees with SUWA on failure to protect artifacts. 4. Grassroots actions and event in Utah & Colorado highlight Greater Canyonlands.
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Aron Ralston enthralls crowd in Ogden
On June 14th Aron Ralston enthralled the crowd at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah with the story of his harrowing experience in Utah’s Blue John Canyon and a compelling call for protection of Utah’s wild landscapes.
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BLM Concedes Failure to Protect Artifacts on ATV Safari Routes, including those in Greater Canyonlands
The Bureau of Land Management has agreed with SUWA that it failed to comply with federal law when it issued a permit for an all terrain vehicle “safari,” a three-day affair in which as many as 400 ATVs travel over 500 miles of routes on public land in southeastern Utah’s...
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Into the Canyonlands: White Canyon
Every year thousands of people visit the Natural Bridges National Monument to enjoy the solitude and beauty of the White Canyon complex. But the monument only covers about 7500 acres, leaving over 85,000 acres of the White Canyon proposed wilderness unprotected from threats such as tar sands development.
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