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SUWA Statement on Judge Reopening National Monuments Litigation – 10.15.26

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Judge Reopening National Monuments Litigation – 10.15.26  Today’s Status Conference ...
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Senator Lee Formally Begins Process to Fast-track the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah – 9.17.26

Washington, DC – Anti-public-lands crusader Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has taken a significant step towards fast-tracking the destruction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, and all the things that ...
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UPDATE – Additional Mining Claims Filed in Lands Cut from Bears Ears National Monument

9.23.26 – Since this press release was first published on Wednesday, Sept. 16, Kimmerle Mining filed 7 additional mining claims. All are located near Natural Bridges National Monument, the first ...
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Tell the Forest Service to Keep the Travel Management Rule

The U.S. Forest Service is rewriting its longstanding Travel Management Rule, which determines where off-road vehicles (ORVs) can travel across national forests and grasslands. This is the tool that ...
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Our Next Step to Defend the National Monuments

In July, when President Trump illegally decimated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, SUWA said we would fight his actions in every way we can, using every tool in our toolbox ...
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Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah – 9.2.26

Washington, DC – Conservation groups today challenged President Trump’s July 2026 unlawful decimation of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. The groups filed suit in U.S.
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Recreation, Conservation Groups Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback – 8.25.26

Washington, D.C. – 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 ...
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Take Action to Defend Bears Ears National Monument

Utah Senator Mike Lee is at it again. Earlier this year, he led a failed legislative attempt to undo the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan. In July, he couldn’t contain his ...
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Utah Senator Mike Lee Wants to Speed Up the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument – 8.20.26

Washington, DC – This week, at the behest of Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), the Government Accountability Office released an opinion that the Bears Ears National Monument land-use plan (finalized in 2025) ...
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Mining Claims Filed Immediately After Trump Decimates National Monuments in Utah – 8.14.26

SOUTHERN UTAH – Within one day of President Trump illegally reducing Bears Ears National Monument by over 90%, a company staked multiple mining claims in areas cut out of the monument. On July 14, ...
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SUWA Statement on BLM’s Cancellation of 10 New Backcountry Airstrips in Redrock Country – 8.5.26

Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org “This is a case of ‘better late than never.’ We’re glad to see the agency pull back its ...
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Trump Administration Works to Erase Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments – 7.30.26

SOUTHERN UTAH – Just over two weeks since President Trump decimated Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, the administration is racing ahead with its work to try and erase the ...