Salt Lake Tribune endorses wilderness for Cedar MesaSalt Lake Tribune, August 4, 2010
"Scenic plateau should be wilderness," says the Salt Lake Tribune. Read the editorial Wilds bill may include national park expansionSan Juan Record, August 18, 2010
While the proposed San Juan County Wilderness Bill is on hold because of the January 1, 2011 departure of Robert Bennett from the U.S. Senate, there remains a strong interest in maintaining the momentum to solve the longstanding wilderness debate. Read more | Future of Cedar Mesa lingers in limboby Patty Henetz, Salt Lake Tribune, July 22, 2010
San Juan County residents who don’t want Sen. Bob Bennett’s land bill to die have formed a grassroots organization, Friends of Cedar Mesa, to keep citizens in the loop while wilderness-designation discussions hang in limbo. Mark Meloy, a retired river ranger for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, says Friends of Cedar Mesa seeks to let the citizens’ voice be part of any wilderness or other conservation protections for the region in southeastern Utah. Read more |
"Come to Jesus" group joins radical environmentalists to lock down San Juanby Buckley Jensen,
San Juan Record, June 30, 2010 | Letter to the editora response to Buckley Jensen's June 30 column, by Mark Meloy, July 14, 2010.
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Friends of Cedar Mesa Launch New WebsiteJuly 7, 2010
Story not available on San Juan Record website; click "fullscreen" at right to read it here. |
In other news |
ATVs threatening 10 Utah "treasures"by Brandon Loomis
Salt Lake Tribune, July 9, 2010 | New website offers information about San Juan public landsMoab Times-Independent, July 2010
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SUWA lists its 10 most threatened places in Utahby Amy Joi O'Donoghue
Deseret News, July 8, 2010 | New day dawns at Southern Utah's Moon Houseby Patty Henetz
Salt Lake Tribune, May 18, 2010 |
Wilderness after Senator Bennettby Dan Bammes
KUER, June 21, 2010 |
San Juan County wilderness protection is vital to all Utahnsby George Handley and Stephen Trimble
Deseret News, June 20, 2010 |
