In response to news reports that Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) has accepted President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Interior Secretary, SUWA Executive Director Scott Groene released the following statement.
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Press Release: Moab Master Leasing Plan Will Protect Utah’s Redrock Lands
Blueprint for protecting Utah’s redrock lands provides more certainty for future energy development For Immediate Release THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL * SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE Contact: Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801.428.3981 Salt Lake City (December 15, 2016): The Bureau of Land Management today issued...
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Press Release: BLM Defers Two Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Parcels in Nine Mile Canyon; More Work Remains to be Done
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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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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