Federal legislation designates 100,000 acres of Wilderness in Utah's Cedar Mountains! Learn more... Resource Management Planning: to ensure that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management safeguards Utah's remaining wilderness from development and off-road vehicle abuse in its long-term plans for managing Utah's federal public lands. Off Road Vehicle: to protect America's Redrock Wilderness from irresponsible ORV use and gain management plans, restrictions, and enforcement for these machines on all public lands. R.S. 2477: to protect Utah's last wild places from attempts by the State of Utah, certain counties, and off-road vehicle groups to use this nineteenth-century law as the basis for more than 10,000 road claims, most of which strike at the heart of Utah's wilderness country. Oil and Gas: to ensure that Utah's magnificent wilderness landscapes are not marred by oil and gas drilling and exploration, and the roads, waste pits, drill pads, pipelines and other development that comes with it. Preserving Ancient Treasures: to preserve Utah's fragile archeological sites, areas of cultural importance, and fossil remains from destructive developments and activities, and to encourage the Bureau of Land Management to consider fully the voice of Native Americans. To listen to an audio greeting by Terry Tempest Williams, click on the 'play' button below.   Issue Spotlight: The Zion-Mojave Wilderness needs your help! Learn more... Read the Zion-Mojave Blog 02/08/2007 BLM to Sell Sacred Lands for Oil and Gas in Utah 12/26/2006 Coalition of Business Owners, Native Americans and Conservationists File Petition to Protect Arch Canyon 12/12/2006 Washington County Land Bill Gets the Axe in Congress 12/06/2006 Controversial Gas Development Project Along White River Draws Opposition from Conservationists and River Outfitters Alerts and Updates Archive Subscribe to SUWA's Email Alert List   SUWA's overarching goal is to protect Utah's remaining nine million acres of wild desert lands — lands owned by the American public and administered on our behalf by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). To this end, activists from Utah and across the country have compiled their own exhaustive fieldwork in a citizens' wilderness proposal now pending in congress. The proposal, America's Redrock Wilderness Act, will preserve one of the world's most unique landscapes — where towering buttes, sweeping plateaus, and intimate canyons are enveloped by a rare and breathtaking silence. Lands Proposed for Wilderness Designation under America’s Redrock Wilderness Act History of America's Redrock Wilderness America's Redrock Wilderness Act in the 109th Congress Full text and current status of America's Redrock Wilderness Act Current Congressional Cosponsors Organizations endorsing America's Redrock Wilderness Act Frequently Asked Questions about America's Redrock Wilderness Act Wilderness at the Edge Click on one of the grid squares to go to a detailed photo index map of that area (80k average) ... ...or click here to go to a photo index map of the entire state (107k)...

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