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Victory in the Battle to Protect Indian Creek from ATV Proliferation!
It’s a sad day for ATV “enthusiasts” in San Juan County and it’s back to the drawing board for the Monticello BLM. On August 10, 2015, pursuant to a motion filed by the BLM, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“Board”) issued an order vacating the BLM’s approval of the...
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BLM Releases Draft Moab ‘Master Leasing Plan’ for Review
Last Friday, Utah BLM released the long awaited draft Moab master leasing plan (or Moab MLP) for a 90-day public review and comment period. BLM kicked off the master leasing plan process in May 2010 in direct response to litigation that SUWA and our partners brought in the last days...
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Press Release: Leasing plan for lands near Moab could reduce impacts to wilderness areas and national parks
A draft Bureau of Land Management plan released today could guide energy development away from sensitive lands near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and many outstanding proposed wilderness areas that are too wild to drill, though places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek could still be threatened.
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Coal Strip Mine Proposed Near Bryce Canyon
Some bad ideas just don’t go away. In 2011, with your help, we sent a clear message to the BLM to “just say no” to a proposed coal lease on the western doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park. So did the National Park Service. So did the U.S. Fish and...
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