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Planning will now move forward for the Ragged Mountain proposed wilderness in Southern Utah.
(Ray Bloxham / SUWA)
Press Release: Victory November 8, 2018

Court Rejects Utah’s Efforts To Undermine Off-Road Vehicle Planning On 6 Mil Acres

Environmental groups have fought off an attempt by Utah to derail protections for public lands, including lands surrounding Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Dinosaur National Monument
The Ragged Mountain proposed wilderness in the Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge travel management area, one of the proposed wilderness areas in new “travel management areas” contemplated by the settlement agreement.
(Photo © Ray Bloxham / SUWA)
Press Release: Victory May 31, 2017

BLM-Utah Will Revisit Decisions Regarding Off-Highway Vehicles And Oil And Gas Development In Red Rock Country

Longstanding litigation over six BLM-Utah land use plans and travel management plans brought to a close
Yampa River at the Dinosaur National Monument.
(Photo courtesy of Chris M. Morris)
Press Release January 25, 2017

Settlement Reached on Utah Land Use Plans

Bush era land use and off-highway vehicle travel plans will be updated
Factory Butte in Utah is among the 2.1 million acres of public lands managed by the BLM Richfield Field Office.
(Photo courtesy of Ray Bloxham and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance)
Article January 12, 2016

Court Says BLM Must Survey Utah’s Red Rock Country for Cultural Artifacts

After decades of foot dragging, the Bureau of Land Management must finally take necessary steps to protect Utah’s world-renowned archeological sites from off-road vehicles.
Factory Butte in Utah is among the 2.1 million acres of public lands managed by the BLM Richfield Field Office.
(John Buie / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release: Victory December 30, 2015

Court Rejects Controversial Request to Delay Cultural Resource Surveys in Utah's Red Rock Country

First of six legal challenges to federal land use plans that put priceless cultural artifacts and some of the most spectacular landscapes in America at risk
Factory Butte
(Photograph courtesy of Ray Bloxham and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance)
Article: Victory June 17, 2015

Utah Court Protects Thousands of Acres of Scenic Land from ATV, Dirt Bike Riders

Earthjustice and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance recently won a court case that will force the Bureau of Land Management to minimize the impacts of off-road vehicles and to conduct…
Factory Butte in southern Utah.
(Photo courtesy of Ray Bloxham / SUWA)
Article November 13, 2013

A Victory for Utah’s Red Rock Country

document November 4, 2013

Utah BLM Richfield Decision

Press Release November 4, 2013

Court Strikes Down Controversial Federal Land Use Plan

BLM plan designated thousands of miles of ORV routes, placing iconic western landscapes at risk
Press Release July 3, 2013

Federal Court Hears Conservationists Challenge to Bush-Era Land Use Plan

BLM plan designated thousands of miles of ORV routes, placing iconic western landscapes at risk
Press Release: Victory January 24, 2013

Door Closed to Drilling in Iconic Utah Parks

Press Release December 21, 2012

Conservationists File Opening Brief in Longstanding Challenge to Bush-Era BLM Land Use Plans

Richfield resource management plan designated over 4,200 miles of route for ORVs; short-changed iconic western landscapes including Dirty Devil, Muddy Creek, and Factory Butte
Press Release: Victory September 6, 2012

Federal Court Upholds Decision Not to Permit Oil and Gas Leases on Sensitive Utah Lands

Energy industry’s challenge denied
Press Release February 17, 2011

Interior Department Agrees to Take "Fresh Look" at Oil Shale Leasing Policies on Public Lands

Coalition sees potential for new rules to benefit taxpayers, environment
Press Release October 8, 2009

Federal Report Confirms Problems with Last Minute Bush-Era Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Interior Secretary yanks oil and gas leases from lands near national parks