Conservation groups seek to stop Bryce Canyon-area strip mine "A petition filed with the Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday seeks emergency relief to suspend surface coal mining operations at the Coal Hollow Mine, three miles south of the town of Alton in Kane County. 'The company is moving aggressively to...
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Utah Wilderness News, December 7, 2010
Oil shale may be tempting, but not worth sacrificing our water supply "But the temptations are not based on clear thinking. Really, oil shale is just another carbon-based fossil fuel. It would pollute the air, change the climate, tear up scenic landscapes and leave behind all manner of environmental and...
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A message from Aron Ralston
You might know me as “that guy who cut off his arm to escape a boulder.” With the nationwide release this month of 127 Hours – the Hollywood adaptation of my story – you might soon know me as “that guy played by James Franco” (who so vividly pretends to...
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Mostly Bad Marks for the BLM
Yesterday, we released our new “2010 Report Card: Assessing Utah BLM’s Management of Off-Road Vehicles.” Off-road vehicle (ORV) use on Utah’s public lands is an enormously controversial public lands issue, and ORV-caused damage – erosion, water pollution, noise, air-borne dust, crushed and looted archaeological sites — continues to increase. Based...
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Utah Wilderness News, ORV Report Card Edition
SUWA issues the BLM a Report Card on ORV management Video Courtesy of KSL.com “Zach Frankel with the Utah Rivers Council said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with ATV recreation. The issue with the BLM is how they are managed.’ The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), the Utah Rivers Council and the...
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