For Immediate Release, December 22, 2020
Contact:
Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 859-1552, steve@suwa.org
Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2424, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
John Weisheit, Living Rivers, (435) 260-2590, john@livingrivers.org
Court Blocks Drilling Set to Begin in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
WASHINGTON A federal judge today enjoined the Trump administration’s approval of a plan to punch a helium well into the heart of the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness in Utah just two days before Christmas. Road construction was set to begin Wednesday.
“Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness is too special to drill,” said Landon Newell, staff attorney with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. “We’re grateful the court enjoined this ill-conceived project and gave this incomparable landscape a brief reprieve. We’ll
Judge taps brakes on drilling in Utah wilderness on eve of federal OK
Construction crews are poised to start work in the newly designated wilderness preserve but a judge will decide whether they can fire up their engines.
(Courtesy photo by Ray Bloxham, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) An energy company hoped to begin drilling for helium starting Wednesday on this site in the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. Environmentalists have gone to court to prevent the Bureau of Land Management from approving the Bowknot helium project, proposed by Twin Bridges Resources. | Updated: 12:17 a.m.
Labyrinth Canyon is among Utah’s most quiet and remote red rock locales, where the Green River has incised deep into the San Rafael Desert, leaving a broad loop in the river channel called Bowknot Bend.
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Bureau of Land Management extends scoping period on proposal to amend East Alaska Resource Management Plan
GLENNALLEN, Alaska – The BLM is seeking input to prepare an Environmental Assessment for a proposed amendment to the East Alaska Resource Management Plan (RMP) and is extending the public scoping period to Jan. 4, 2021 due to the holidays.
An amendment to the East Alaska RMP is needed for the BLM to fulfill provisions of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act). The Dingell Act requires BLM to identify “accessible and economically viable Federal land” within the Chugach Region that can be offered in a potential land exchange. The amendment to the RMP would analyze the environmental impacts of potentially making lands near Thompson Pass in the vicinity of Valdez, Alaska, available for exchange.
For Immediate Release, December 18, 2020
Contact:
Landon Newell, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 428-3991, landon@suwa.org Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (801) 859-1552, steve@suwa.org
Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2424, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
John Weisheit, Living Rivers, (435) 260-2590, john@livingrivers.org
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Permitting for Helium Drilling in Newly Designated Utah Wilderness
WASHINGTON Conservation groups have sued the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its illegal leasing of 1,400 acres for helium extraction within the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness in southeastern Utah. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity and Living Rivers filed suit Monday in federal district court.