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Action Alerts

  • NO GONDOLA IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON. We must take action before UDOT finalizes their decision to move forward with the gondola. 

    Act Now

PRESS / NEWS

  • February 24, 2023

    Vote No On HB527 Mining Operations Amendments

    Utah is one of the fastest growing states in the country, and with that comes a great demand for aggregate materials used in housing and infrastructure (e.g. sand, gravel, and stone). The Wasatch Mountains are facing growing pressures from developers for mining operations, including the ...

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  • October 20, 2022

    Save Our Canyons Candidate Questionnaire

    The Wasatch is facing serious threats ranging from the world’s longest gondola, a 600+ acre mining proposal in Parley’s Canyon, land management directives rather than codes, impacts to headwater areas of the Central Wasatch due to wetland destruction and tree removal for ski area expansion, and ...

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  • August 8, 2022

    Recreation Enhancement Act Fee Proposed by the Forest Service

     As the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (UWCNF) continues to face abundant external pressures and budget cuts from Congress, the land managers are eagerly trying to best strategize how to maintain these areas we frequently use - picnic areas, campgrounds, trailhead bathrooms, dispersed camping ...

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MORE NEWS

  • June 23, 2022

    Media Roundup: The Truth About The Proposed Gondola In Little Cottonwood Canyon

  • September 3, 2021

    Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) Final Environmental Impact Study (FEIS) Update!

  • July 9, 2021

    Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) Update!

  • April 14, 2021

    UDOT GRAMA Request — State Records Committee Win

  • February 15, 2021

    Wasatch Resilience— Protecting Utah Lands Buffers Climate Change!

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WASATCH ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE

  • March 16, 2020

    Preserving Biodiversity

    Wasatch Environmental Update for March 15, 2020

    By John Worlock

    Preserving Biodiversity -  “30% by 2030”

    What’s going on with our precious planet home, the Earth? 

    Sit down, and let’s talk.

    You are aware of the existential threat of a changing climate, driven by the warming and ...

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MORE UPDATES

  • March 1, 2020

    Utah Legislative Alert!

  • February 16, 2020

    Celebrating Wilderness - The Lone Peak Wilderness Party - 2020

  • January 2, 2020

    Holiday Ideas as a New Decade Begins

 

 

 

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