SLC Tacofest

This delicious festival presenting the Best Taco awards is taking place to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of greater Salt Lake. Come visit our booth and see for yourself who makes Utah’s best tacos for a good cause. Volunteers are also needed to spread the word on protecting wild Utah. Tenemos...

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For the Third Time in Less Than Three Months, the BLM Recognizes It Violated Law, Pulls Back Oil and Gas Leasing Decisions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Approximately 57,000 acres of remote, wild, and culturally significant public lands temporarily spared from oil and gas development Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981, steve@suwa.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Salt Lake City (July 18, 2019): For the third time in less...

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Cottonwood Narrows Service Project

The Land The lands contained within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument provide an “outstanding biological resource, spanning five life-zones – from low-lying desert to coniferous forest. Deep within this vast and austere landscape, the Anasazi and Fremont cultures made contact in the period AD 950-1100, leaving behind rock art panels, occupation sites,...

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BLM Recognizes it Violated Law, Pulls Back Oil & Gas Leasing Decision in Utah’s San Rafael Desert, Dirty Devil Region

Approximately 204,000 acres of remote, wild, and culturally significant public lands temporarily spared from oil and gas development   Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981, steve@suwa.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3991, landon@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (June 13, 2019): For the second time in less than...

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The Truth About BLM’s Decision to Open Factory Butte to ORV Destruction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981 steve@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT (May 31, 2019) – This weekend is the second since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its controversial decision to authorize destructive cross-country off-road vehicle (ORV) use across 5,400 acres of public...

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