Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
The Land Between Price, Utah and Grand Junction, Colorado, Highway 6 and Interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion: the thousand-foot-high wall of the Book Cliffs that parallels the highway just to the north. Winding for 250 miles...
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August 20, 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Utah doubles down as the most anti-public lands state in the country – 8.20.24 Contacts:Steve Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (801) 859-1552; steve@suwa.orgGrant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Salt Lake City, UT – Today, in an election-year stunt, Utah Governor...
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SUWA Prevails in Oil & Gas Lease Sale Challenges SUWA won several long-pending administrative challenges this spring to three separate Trump-era oil and gas leasing decisions the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made in 2019 and 2020. SUWA’s protests challenged the BLM’s decisions to sell 73 oil and gas leases...
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August 7, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Conservation Organizations Respond to Washington County’s Continued Attacks on Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Litigation is latest attempt to force a highway through one of Utah’s most prized wildlife and recreation areas Contacts: St. George, UT – Yesterday, Washington County filed a federal lawsuit seeking to...
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We took last year off to celebrate our 40th Anniversary, but one of our favorite member appreciation events is making its return: the annual Summer Shindig! If you plan to join us, please RSVP here. Not sure if your membership is current? Email Membership Coordinator Kelly Burnham at membership@suwa.org or...
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