Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
**It is an honor and privilege to visit these sites and support their protection. Participants must understand that this is a sacred landscape and treat sites with the utmost care and respect.** The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of...
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The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local communities have benefited with significant increases in tourism, new businesses, population growth, and higher per capita income. Since its designation...
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The Landscape The Sego Lily Wilderness Study Area (WSA) sits within ‘The Lands In Between,” which refers to an archeologically rich corridor between protected areas such as Bears Ears National Monument and Hovenweep National Monument in Utah, and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado. This region is without...
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The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the most spectacular places in southern Utah. Cedar Mesa, a canyon-cut expanse of pinyon-juniper forest, offers a refuge for wildlife and humans alike. Cedar Mesa holds...
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The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part of that act, the Emery County Public Land Management Act protected 663,000 acres of public lands as designated wilderness, including...
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