Skip to content

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance logo Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance logo white version Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Protecting Utah's Redrock Country
  • About
    SUWA
    • SUWA Staff
    • SUWA Board of Directors
    • Finances
    • Contact Us
    • Careers
    • Privacy Policy
  • Issues
    • America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act
    • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
    • Bears Ears National Monument
    • Travel Plans and Off-Road Vehicles
    • Climate & 30×30
    • Recreation Management on the Colorado Plateau
    • Chaining and Vegetation Removal
    • Hoax Highways (RS 2477)
    • Dirty Fuels
    • Utah Silvestre
  • News &
    Resources
    • News
    • Blog
    • Videos
    • Podcast
    • Newsletter Archive
  • Get
    Involved
    • Volunteer Now
    • Join a Stewardship Project
    • Sign Up for Email
    • Events Calendar
  • Support Us
    • Join
    • Renew
    • Monthly Giving
    • Honorary/Memorial Gifts
    • Business Members
    • Planned Giving
    • Additional Ways to Give
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Log In or Register
  • English
    • English
    • Español
Like us on Facebook Follow us on Bluesky Find us on Instagram
CategoriesBlog

The New Utah Math

Sep 9th, 2015 Written by Deeda Seed

Utah's faulty equation for seizing our public lands just doesn't add up.

Read More
CategoriesLand Use Plans

BLM to Host Open Houses on Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs NCAs

Aug 27th, 2015 Written by Neal Clark

The St. George BLM is holding open houses next week for its recently released draft National Conservation Area (NCA) management plan. As you may recall, the 2009 Washington County public lands bill (the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) created two NCAs near St. George, Utah: the 63,478-acre Beaver...

Read More
CategoriesAntiquities Act

Bears Ears, the Public Lands Initiative, and San Juan County

Aug 26th, 2015 Written by Scott Groene

Recently, newspaper stories and rumors have swirled around both a potential national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Rep. Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative. Let me try and cut through the clutter to give you an idea where things currently stand. First, the monument. A historic coalition of Native-American...

Read More
CategoriesAntiquities Act

Canyonlands Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Aug 25th, 2015 Written by Mathew Gross

Tell President Obama to protect our canyonlands!

Read More
CategoriesBlog

Victory in the Battle to Protect Indian Creek from ATV Proliferation!

Aug 24th, 2015 Written by Neal Clark

It’s a sad day for ATV “enthusiasts” in San Juan County and it’s back to the drawing board for the Monticello BLM. On August 10, 2015, pursuant to a motion filed by the BLM, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“Board”) issued an order vacating the BLM’s approval of the...

Read More
...102030...194195196197198...210220230...

Follow Us on Instagram

@protectwildutah
Follow
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands. 

The USDA is proposing to flip the U.S. Forest Service’s longstanding approach to travel management on its head, forcing local forests to allow motorized vehicles everywhere except for places that are specifically closed. The current rule requires motorized vehicles to stay on a designated system of roads, trails and areas in national forests and grasslands and is an essential policy for wildlife conservation, balanced recreation and public safety. 

This comes directly on the heels of the USDA’s proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which would make 45 million acres of remote backcountry forests available for clearcut logging, road-building and other development, unleashing back-to-back blows to our national forests. Combined, these actions are part of the administration’s systematic dismantling of the rules and safeguards that keep national forests safe, accessible, and managed for everyone. 

Read more at link in bio.
🎭 Come find SUWA tabling at Footpath Theatre Compa 🎭 Come find SUWA tabling at Footpath Theatre Company’s production of Western Minerals & Their Origins, running its final Utah engagement THIS WEEKEND from August 27-29 at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City. 🏜

While clearing out her canyoneer brother’s garage, a young woman is pulled deep into memory and the redrock landscape that shaped her. Rhetorical Review calls it “a love letter to the canyons, to the outdoors, to Utah itself.” We hope to see you there!

More info/tickets at link in bio.
🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Surprise, surprise—Senator Mike 🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨

Surprise, surprise—Senator Mike Lee wants to fast track the destruction of Bears Ears National Monument. He is scheming to use the Congressional Review Act to get rid of the existing management plan for this incredible living landscape.

Sound familiar? Earlier this year, Senator Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy used this same mechanism in an attempt to overturn the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan. Their plan ultimately failed because people like YOU spoke up!

TAKE ACTION NOW! And Urge your members of Congress to speak out against Lee's attack on Bears Ears at link in bio.
This week, at the behest of Senator Mike Lee, the This week, at the behest of Senator Mike Lee, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an opinion that the Bears Ears National Monument land-use plan is subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

The plan, finalized in 2025 was historic in that it was developed through a collaborative process involving the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bears Ears Commission.

This path paves the way for Lee and the rest of the Utah delegation to introduce fast-track legislation that could topple Tribal collaborative management and speed up the destruction of the landscape. 

Read more at suwa.org (or visit link in @protectwildutah's bio).
Within one day of President Trump illegally reduci Within one day of President Trump illegally reducing Bears Ears National Monument by over 90%, Kimmerle Mining filed 7 mining claims (see map 1) with the San Juan County (Utah) Recorder’s Office. 

Less than one month after Trump’s attack, two mining claims were also filed in Grand Staircase-Escalante by Craig Rosequist (see map 2) with the Kane County (Utah) Recorder’s Office. Both located in areas just cut out of the monument by Trump.

For more details, visit suwa.org or (link in @protectwildutah's bio).

Photo credit: Tim Peterson
  • About SUWA
  • Sign Up
  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Shop
Like us on Facebook Follow us on Bluesky Find us on Instagram Watch us on YouTube Watch us on TikTok

Stay Informed About Utah Wilderness

Main Office

425 East 100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 486-3161

Washington, DC

122 C Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 546-2215

Moab

P.O. Box 968
Moab, UT 84532

Yard Signs

Our popular “Protect Wild Utah” yard signs (in both English and Spanish) are available for pickup at SUWA’s Salt Lake City office and at many of our local events. To arrange an office pickup time (between 9-5, M-F), please call (801) 486-3161 or email us at info@suwa.org.

  • Privacy Policy

©2026 Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. All Rights Reserved. Protecting Utah’s Redrock Country. All donations are tax exempt.