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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 2: A Ragtag Group of Desert Rats
Welcome to the SUWA podcast, Wild Utah! In this episode, Dave Pacheco speaks with SUWA Board Member Darrell Knuffke about the origins and early days of SUWA. In doing some research for our show, we found Darrell’s name listed as a Board Member in SUWA’s newsletter as early as 1986,...
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What Legacy is Hatch Really Leaving Us?
SUWA Executive Director Scott Groene has an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune today: At the end of his 40-plus year tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is clinging to the past. And he’s trying to drag Utah with him. Hatch’s “Not-so-Swell”...
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Día de Los Muertos Celebration
Each year around Día de Los Muertos, Monarch Butterflies make way to the fur-clad mountains of central Mexico. It is said that with the Monarchs come the spirits of the deceased returning home at this sacred time. Meet SUWA at the Día de Los Muertos Celebration to participate in festivities, learn about...
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CategoriesEmery County
#NotSoSwell Bill Passes Senate Committee: What You Can Do
Sen. Orrin Hatch’s (R-UT) “Not-so-Swell” bill, the Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018, passed a Senate markup Tuesday on voice vote. The bill remains a one-sided proposal from a county that openly admits it is attempting to designate the minimum amount of wilderness it can get away with....
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