Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
The Land The Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range (Goshute: Pi’a-roi-ya-bi)[1], are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, in the western United States. The range trends north-south, 84% in Utah and 16% in Nevada, and is mainly composed of...
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The Land Utah’s West Desert is a remote, sprawling collection of magnificent landscapes containing a series of distinctive “island” ranges including the Deep Creek Mountains, the House Range, the Wah-Wahs, Notch Peak, and more. Spanning several counties and hundreds of miles of remote roads, many of the regions spectacular features are...
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In this episode of Wild Utah, we bring you exciting news from Washington, D.C. about an issue we detailed in our first episode — wilderness legislation for Emery County, Utah. What happened in Congress on February 12, 2019 was a long time in the making, and is great news for...
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Are you sitting down? We can hardly believe we get to say this, but against great odds, Labyrinth Canyon, Muddy Creek, Desolation Canyon and other Utah wild lands may soon get permanent protection as wilderness! The Emery County Public Land Management Act just passed the Senate as part of a...
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Utah’s Iconic San Rafael Swell Nears Wilderness Protection as Part of Public Lands Package Passed by U.S. Senate Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, 801-712-5034, scott@suwa.org Jen Ujifusa, Legislative Director, 801-791-2598, jen@suwa.org Neal Clark, Wildlands Program Director, 435-260-1199, neal@suwa.org Moab, UT (February 12, 2019) – In response to the U.S. Senate’s...
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