Longstanding litigation over six BLM-Utah land use plans and travel management plans brought to a close An order issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit clears the way for BLM-Utah to begin implementing a comprehensive settlement agreement that will result in the completion of...
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SUWA Kicks Off 2017 Field Season with Ten Mile Canyon Service Project
SUWA’s field volunteers set things in motion on Sunday, May 21st, with the season’s first work trip. In collaboration with the Moab BLM, our crew set out for a side drainage into Ten Mile Canyon for the purpose of establishing habitat protections in sensitive bighorn sheep breeding grounds. Moab BLM...
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SUWA Defends Bears Ears in the New York Times and Washington Post
Last week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came to Utah to “review” Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments — and SUWA supporters were on the ground to meet him in force. The day before he arrived, more than 3,000 people rallied at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City to...
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Comment Period Open on National Monument Review
President Trump has declared war on Utah’s national monuments. Now is the time to act. President Trump’s April 26th Executive Order requires a “review” of national monuments dating back to 1996. This bureaucratic speak hides the administration’s real intention: dismantling the protections put in place for our nation’s most treasured...
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Good News: Appeals Board Rejects Challenge to Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area Plans
On April 28th, the Interior Board of Land Appeals issued an order dismissing an appeal filed by Washington County, the City of St. George, and the Washington County Water Conservancy District that challenged the recently finalized Resource Management Plans for the Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas....
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