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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 9: Controlling Motorized Mayhem
Following a public outcry, an outlandish Interior Department order that was proposed to allow off-road vehicles in national parks in Utah was dropped by the Trump administration. But the controversy over the Park Service proposal raises a larger, under-the-radar ORV issue with the potential for long-term damage to America’s redrock...
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Lawsuit Spurs Trump Administration to Suspend 130 Oil, Gas Leases in Utah
Fourth Time This Year BLM Has Suspended Leases in Utah; Feds Ignored Climate Change, Opened Scenic, Cultural Lands to Fossil Fuel Extraction For Immediate Release Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3981, steve@suwa.org Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3991, landon@suwa.org Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Center for Biological Diversity,...
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Interior Department Accelerates Public Lands Giveaway
Agency may hand over an alleged right-of-way to the state of Utah as it considers unprecedented public land giveaway FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2019 Contacts: Alison Heis, National Parks Conservation Association, 202.384.8762 Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.859.1552 Jen Ujifusa, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 202.266.0473 Anne Hawke, Natural...
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CategoriesLand Use Plans
Where do ATVs belong on our public lands?
As you no doubt have heard, the National Park Service (NPS) recently abandoned a proposal to allow certain off-road vehicles in Utah’s national parks and monuments. That proposal provoked enough public outrage to force the Trump administration to reverse course and keep the longtime closure of park roads to off-road...
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