30X30 In California

30X30 In California

The state of California has released a draft strategy for how they will achieve their part of the nation’s 30X30 plan. This is an extreme environmental plan to conserve 30% of the nation’s land and water by year 2030. Oftentimes people hear “conserve...
30X30 & Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) Act, H.R. 803, Isn’t Actually Protecting Opportunities for Americans

30X30 & Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) Act, H.R. 803, Isn’t Actually Protecting Opportunities for Americans

Colorado Representative Diana Degette is sponsoring the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act, also known as the PAW Act. This proposed legislation includes designating 1.3 million acres of land as Wilderness and over 1,000 miles of river as Wild and Scenic. Many...
Ashley National Forest Revised Management Plan

Ashley National Forest Revised Management Plan

The Ashley National Forest located primarily in Utah but partially in Wyoming has not updated their management plan since 1986. The USFS has released the draft Environmental Impact Statement and the draft is open for public comment. This is the second stage in the...
BLM Amendments to 2008 Moab, Price and Vernal Resource Management Plans Following the Dingell Act

BLM Amendments to 2008 Moab, Price and Vernal Resource Management Plans Following the Dingell Act

UPDATE – This week our staff was invited to present our findings on the Dingell Act Plan Amendments to the Emery County Public Lands Committee. We were encouraged to see Emery County leaders and Congressional staff recognize that many of the proposals being...
BLM Amendments to 2008 Moab, Price and Vernal Resource Management Plans Following the Dingell Act

The Fight for Moab Continues: The Green River Wild, Scenic, and Recreation River Segments Amendment is backdoor threat to close motorized trails around Moab

The BLM is accepting public comment for 6 amendments to the Moab, Price, and Vernal Resource Management Plan. These amendments are part of the process to implement the Dingell Act which created 600,000 acres of wilderness in Emery County, cherry-stemmed hundreds...