On April 26, U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar instructed Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and his “Balanced Resource Council” to “Be not afraid,” no new monuments would be designated without their involvement. We would almost certainly not have Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Parks — which first gained administrative...
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Dispatch from San Juan County – No. 1
Note: Earlier this spring, Utah Senator Bob Bennett announced he would conduct a process directed at creating legislation that would determine management for public lands in the southeast corner of Utah- – including the Utah Wilderness Coalition’s proposed San Juan-Canyonlands wilderness. After submitting our prioritized list of lands in San...
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Utah Wilderness News, April 21, 2010
Not the powder days they want: Dust spells trouble for Colorado skiers “As a skier, Auden Schendler sums it up with pragmatic simplicity. “You can’t wax for dirt,” he says. As the Aspen/Snowmass director of community and environmental responsibility, Schendler’s concerns for the disconcerting dust and dirt layers that have...
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Redrock Report: April 2010
April 2010 Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. No more slick oil and gas permits from BLM due to a SUWA settlement.2. Share your photos and stories from visits to White Canyon in southeastern Utah.3. Remember to submit your entries for SUWA's photo contest! 4. SW Coloradans:...
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Utah Wilderness News, April 13, 2010
Torn up soil in Utah’s redrock also slashes Colorado’s ski season “The red dust blanketing area mountains and virtually every surface in Aspen is a result of oil and gas development and off-road vehicle activity in southeastern Utah, according to David Garbett, staff attorney with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. He...
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