Protecting America’s Public Lands and Waters from Drilling

Zinke Visits Utah, Faces Strong Opposition to Public Lands Sell Out

Salt Lake City -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to visit Salt Lake City tonight where he’ll be participating in Pioneer Day celebrations. His visit comes just a day after news broke that the Interior Department ignored the benefits of public lands in their review of national monuments-- a review that ultimately led to the illegal elimination of Bears Ears National Monument and significant reductions in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In advance of Zinke’s visit, Utahns are taking to social media to oppose Zinke’s efforts to sell out public lands using #…

ICYMI: Interior Department Ignored Benefits of National Monuments

Internal Interior Department documents publicized today by the Washington Post confirm that Sec.

Sierra Club Condemns Gosar Attempt to De-Fund Ironwood Forest National Monument

PHOENIX -- Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) has introduced an amendment to an Interior Department funding bill that would withhold funding to manage Ironwood Forest National Monument, de-facto stripping the area and its resources of protections afforded by the monument.

Sierra Club Welcomes ANTIQUITIES Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Lujan Grisham introduced legislation to safeguard and enhance national monuments. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States (ANTIQUITIES) Act is the House companion to Sen. Udall’s bill already introduced in the Senate.

PHOTOS: Emmy Nominee Yvonne Strahovski Travels to Grand Canyon and Calls for Permanent Protection

“The Handmaid’s Tale” actress joins Sierra Club Outing

BREAKING: BLM Defers Lease Sales in Huerfano River Valley, Near Great Sand Dunes National Park

Denver, CO-- According to AP, today, in response to mounting public pressure against the sellout of public lands for dirty fuels, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that the agency will defer the lease sale near Great Sand Dunes National Park and in the Huerfano River Valley Community until it consults further with the Navajo Nation.

ICYMI : Another Zinke Investigation Stonewalled by Lack of Information

The Government Accountability Office today sent a letter, released by U.S.

Rapid City Resists

Rapid City, South Dakota -- A crowd of concerned residents gathered today downtown to protest Interior Secretary Zinke’s failed public lands policies, including his efforts to reopen the Southwest Black Hills to toxic uranium mining. If allowed to move forward, the proposed mine would hand over more than 10,000 acres of land to radioactive and destructive mining, much of it subject to Bureau of Land Management mineral claims.

TUESDAY: Rapid City Resists

Rapid City, South Dakota -- Secretary Zinke will be speaking to the Western Governors Association at Mount Rushmore, our nation’s preeminent monument, the morning of June 26. The irony of this venue is not lost in the wake of Zinke’s radical reduction of national monuments including Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah.Groups will be protesting Zinke’s presence and failed policies in downtown Rapid City. 

Utah’s Public Lands in Jeopardy, Again

Salt Lake City, UT -- The House Natural Resources Committee today will host a hearing on the Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018. The bill has a unique opportunity to implement a precedent-setting process and notable protections for Utah’s public lands that continue to experience significant roll backs. However, as it stands, the bill would lessen protections and worsen the current status of lands protected.  A committee vote is anticipated before the end of Congress.