Wednesday, December 19, 2007

New Victories for Utah Backcountry

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) has scored another victory in getting the Book Cliffs / Desolation Canyon area designated as untouchable by the greedy hand of developers and oil companies.

The article says "Over the past six years, the Bush administration has shown little regard for protecting Utah’s most spectacular public lands from the heavy hand of oil and gas development, and we’re expecting things to only get worse as time runs out on this terrible legacy of public lands mismanagement. "

But because of the efforts of SUWA and the support of people like you, we have received three favorable decisions on the oil & gas front, and have been able to push back on the administration’s drive to “drill it all.”

Read the rest of the story and voice your opinion.

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