Much of Utah remains wild today, but only 1.4 million acres of this vast and stunningly beautiful state, with its deep, wandering canyons and vibrant deserts, are protected as wilderness. Conservationists have identified nine million acres of wild federal lands in Utah that deserve the same permanent protection, wild lands that must be preserved for future generations of hikers, travelers and explorers.

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act Introduced in 110th Congress With Broad Support
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act would protect more than nine million acres of citizen-inventoried, wilderness-quality BLM lands in Utah, a state whose elected officials have stymied wilderness legislation time and again.
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Zion-Mojave Proposed Wilderness
The brightly-colored sandstone cliffs and multi-colored canyons of the Zion-Mojave region of southwestern Utah are at risk.

Legislation sponsored by Senator Bennett (R-UT) and Congressman Matheson (D-UT) would have significantly shortchanged protection for the majority of wilderness quality lands in southwest Utah. We are pleased that the 109th Congress adjourned without allowing this ill-conceived proposal to pass at the last minute.
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Things to Cheer About: Cedar Mountain Win
On January 6, 2006, the Cedar Mountains Wilderness Area was designated, permanently protecting 100,000 acres less than an hour’s drive from Salt Lake City. This juniper-pinion area provides great recreational opportunities and is home to abundant wildlife including mule deer, pronghorn antelope, coyotes, bobcats, golden eagles, and an occasional mountain lion. It is the first time in history that Congress has passed legislation expressly designating BLM-managed wilderness in Utah. This is also the first new stand-alone wilderness area designated in Utah in 20 years, so we all have cause to celebrate.
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RS 2477: Highway Robbery
Outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton has hastily finalized a policy that could result in destructive and unnecessary road development and off-road vehicle use in National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Monuments, and other special public lands. Nine million acres of proposed redrock canyon and desert wilderness in Utah are at risk.
>> Read the press release on Norton's order

Book Cliffs-Uinta Basin: In Big Oil's Crosshairs
The energy industry has set its destructive sights on most of eastern Utah, targeting it as the next "gold rush" for oil and gas drilling. And the Bureau of Land Management is scrambling to accelerate the drilling approval process. At risk is the million-acre wildland complex called Book Cliffs-Uinta Basin, one of the largest unprotected natural areas in the West and an important part of America's Red Rocks Wilderness Act.
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