Yesterday afternoon, December 8, BLM announced its decision to defer from leasing two highly contested oil and gas lease parcels in Nine Mile Canyon, citing unresolved issues regarding impacts to rock art and other cultural resources.
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CategoriesBears Ears
Press Release: Statement on the Failure of Representative Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2016 Contact: Scott Groene, Executive Director, SUWA 801-712-5034 Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s spokesperson said “The House just took its last vote of the year.” With Representative Rob Bishop’s (R-UT) Public Lands Initiative (PLI) having never come to a vote in the 114th House of...
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Under-the-Radar Land Grab in the San Rafael Swell?
The BLM's Price field office is accepting comments on a preliminary proposal to develop a recreation area management plan and “cooperative management agreement” with Utah State Parks and Emery County for a portion of the San Rafael Swell Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) near Goblin Valley State Park.
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CategoriesCultural Resources
Press Release: Historic Preservation Groups, Native American Tribe and Conservationists Protest BLM Proposed Lease Sale in Nine Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon Proposed Wilderness
A proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to sell six oil and gas leases in Nine Mile Canyon and the greater Desolation Canyon region has been met with strong opposition by historic preservation groups, The Hopi Tribe, and a coalition of conservation groups.
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Post-Election 2016: Where We Go from Here
To say the Nov. 8 election was unalloyed bad news for the Redrock is flogging the obvious. What is at stake? Just about everything you and SUWA care about here. The state will redouble its efforts to wrest millions of acres of public land from the American people and it...
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