Redrock Headlines

Press Release: Moab Master Leasing Plan Will Protect Utah’s Redrock Lands

Dec 15th, 2016 Written by suwa

Blueprint for protecting Utah’s redrock lands provides more certainty for future energy development For Immediate Release THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL * SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City (December 15, 2016): The Bureau of Land Management today issued...

Oil and Gas Development

Press Release: BLM Defers Two Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Parcels in Nine Mile Canyon; More Work Remains to be Done

Dec 9th, 2016 Written by Landon Newell

Yesterday afternoon, December 8, BLM announced its decision to defer from leasing two highly contested oil and gas lease parcels in Nine Mile Canyon, citing unresolved issues regarding impacts to rock art and other cultural resources.

Bears Ears

Press Release: Statement on the Failure of Representative Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative

Dec 9th, 2016 Written by suwa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2016 Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, SUWA 801-712-5034 Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s spokesperson said “The House just took its last vote of the year.” With Representative Rob Bishop’s (R-UT) Public Lands Initiative (PLI) having never come to a vote in the 114th House of...

Blog

Under-the-Radar Land Grab in the San Rafael Swell?

Dec 1st, 2016 Written by Neal Clark

The BLM's Price field office is accepting comments on a preliminary proposal to develop a recreation area management plan and “cooperative management agreement” with Utah State Parks and Emery County for a portion of the San Rafael Swell Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) near Goblin Valley State Park.

Cultural Resources

Press Release: Historic Preservation Groups, Native American Tribe and Conservationists Protest BLM Proposed Lease Sale in Nine Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness

Nov 29th, 2016 Written by suwa

A proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to sell six oil and gas leases in Nine Mile Canyon and the greater Desolation Canyon region has been met with strong opposition by historic preservation groups, The Hopi Tribe, and a coalition of conservation groups.