Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
May 7, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on BLM’s Intent to Expand Destructive Motorized Use in the San Rafael Swell and San Rafael Desert – 5.7.26 Proposal would damage cultural sites, wildlife habitat, and non-motorized visitors at the behest of Utah politicians and extreme off-road vehicle groups Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2026 Unprecedented Alliance Highlights Need for Real Affordable Housing Solutions Without Sacrificing Public Lands – 4.29.26 Leaders of the Affordable Housing and Public Lands Community unveil “Shared Ground” affirming that protecting public lands and expanding affordable housing are complementary, not competing, priorities. Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications...
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The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Price field office is proposing to authorize aircraft takeoffs and landings in the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness by designating the unauthorized Keg Knoll backcountry airstrip as open for aircraft use. The airstrip is located on the west side of Labyrinth Canyon and north of Canyonlands...
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April 16, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Passage of Legislation Attacking Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) – 4.16.26 Threat remains to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Contacts:Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49, passing H.J. Res. 140, which overturns the 20-year mining ban in the headwaters of the Boundary...
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