Contend that state law bars Attorney General from bringing Tooele County RS 2477 lawsuit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.859.1552 (cell) or 801.428.3981 (office) Brent V. Manning & Jess M. Krannich, Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar LLC, 801.363.5678 (July 29, 2014) Salt Lake City, UT:...
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The Case for Master Leasing Plans
SUWA is working with the Obama administration to bring balance back to public land management through tools like master leasing plans (MLPs), which take a closer look at which lands should be off-limits to new oil and gas leasing and development (and which should remain open to such activities). Currently,...
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News Media Covers Health Benefits of Greater Canyonlands
Suzanne Stensaas, a professor of neurobiology and anatomy, did a great interview on Salt Lake City’s FOX13 about the letter from health professionals urging President Obama to create a Greater Canyonlands National Monument. Also be sure to check out the Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage of the letter. Are you a...
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Health Professionals Call for Protecting Greater Canyonlands
More than 200 health and well-being professionals from Utah released a letter today asking President Obama to protect Greater Canyonlands – the magnificent wild region surrounding Canyonlands National Park in Utah – as a national monument because of the health benefits to all Americans. The letter states “Protecting this world-class landscape...
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Conservationists Send Message to BLM Director: Protect Recapture Canyon
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and our partners at The Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust and Great Old Broads for Wilderness delivered a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze requesting that his agency continue to protect the irreplaceable prehistoric...
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