Another day of shitty public lands news in Utah. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
05.03.2026 18:01
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Another day of shitty public lands news in Utah. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...
Spencer Cox is an enthusiastically anti-public-lands politician who suppers efforts to sell-off and privatize public lands so…let’s not trust his judgment on this issue.
📢 URGENT: Speak up for Grand Staircase-Escalante & all national monuments!
Please urge your members of Congress to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 151 & Senate Joint Resolution 109 attacking Grand Staircase-Escalante.
🖋️ Contact your reps today: bit.ly/ProtectGrand...
📸 : Blake McCord
The Disability Law Center is an incredible org and it’s awful to see the Utah legislature targeting them for retribution.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
“”This is a part of a grander strategy to undo Grand Staircase-Escalante,” Bloch added.
The current monument plan was finalized after over two years of public input and environmental analysis, according to the BLM. This included 13 joint meetings with local, state and tribal governments…”
We’ve known this is coming. Actions you can take right now: suwa.org/actions-you-...
I don't like how much cultural influence we've granted to the state of Utah lately.
A truly incredible piece from Autumn Gillard, a member of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
“Grand Staircase holds thousands of years of Southern Paiute cultural history,” writes Autumn Gillard in an op-ed.
As long as he’s in office unfortunately ☹️
We’re obviously going to fight,” Bloch with @protectwildutah.bsky.social said. “We think we’re going to win that fight.”
That fight will involve convincing members of Congress that they should vote no on the resolution, Bloch added, “and should stand up for the protection of this place.”
Funny that popularists and data center dems and abundance dems are the same people. I wonder what we should infer about the last 5 years of their influence
Senator Mike Lee is at it again. He has formally begun the process to fast-track the destruction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah by adding the Government Accountability Office (GAO) opinion to the Congressional Record. Read more in our press release: suwa.org/senator-lee-...
Have you read the RideApart piece on this same issue? www.rideapart.com/news/787549/...
Big thanks to @protectwildutah.bsky.social’s partners at @grandcanyontrust.bsky.social and @earthjustice.org for these pieces!
Final sentence in this post summarizes Utah Republican politics perfectly:
SUWA is hiring a grassroots organizer!
If you are energized by building community power, organizing under challenging political conditions, and protecting some of the most iconic wild landscapes in the country, we encourage you to apply.
For more information/how to apply, visit suwa.org/careers.
“The exhausting years-long battle to protect the resources and restorative magic of Grand Staircase-Escalante can wear out supporters. But this place gives us no choice but to speak up once again.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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More Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument (from yesterday):
The GOP spent millions of dollars of Trump money, lied to voters & are prematurely gloating about the success of their effort to repeal a voter-backed initiative to take power away from politicians to choose their voters.
Don't let them win & steal your voice.
www.saltlakecounty.gov/clerk/electi...
Its crazy that with decades of GOP state control and Utah Dems in a super minority we can implement communism
Down Hole-in-the-Rock Road, deep in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Reminder: Cox is an idiot and “disagree better” was always nonsense.
The only “Abundance” I see the Abundance movement building is:
1) an abundance of weak sauce centrist groups:
2) with the same reactionary, neoliberal message;
3) created to serve the morally impoverished oligarchs;
4) looking to build power over people through the turbulent Trump era.
It’s been a busy week at @protectwildutah.bsky.social:
A contentious plan to build a road through protected tortoise habitat near St. George might get its day in court.
Conservation orgs, including @protectwildutah.bsky.social, sued the federal government today over the Northern Corridor Highway.
My latest for @kuer.org ⤵️
www.kuer.org/science-envi...
I couldn’t protest yesterday, but it felt good to Rally for Great Salt Lake today!