Hearing Recap The April 22nd, 2024 congressional field hearing was purportedly about empowering local voices on public land issues, but it excluded local and indigenous voices, and was one-sided and full of misinformation. The speakers did not represent the majority of the audience in attendance or the broader Washington County community. Over half of the…
DetailsJanuary 31st, 2024 CSU is asking the Utah Legislature to de-prioritize the $10 million dollar appropriations request because there are multiple unresolved issues and the proposed Cove Reservoir is not ready to receive Utah taxpayer money. Among other issues, the reservoir’s Environmental Impact Statement is still underway and the public has not had…
DetailsDownload press release here. CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATION DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE WILDEARTH GUARDIANS THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16th, 2023 Contact: Holly Snow Canada, 435-200-5838, holly@conserveswu.org Isabel Adler, 435-256-4168, isabel@conserveswu.org Todd Tucci, 208-724-2142, ttucci@advocateswest.org Agencies Reconsider Highway through Red…
DetailsJune 3rd, 2021: Red Cliffs Northern Corridor Highway Complaint July 1st, 2021: UDOT Motion to Intervene July 1st, 2021: Washington County Motion to Intervene July 15th, 2021: Response to Motion to Intervene July 27th, 2021: First Amended Complaint February 27th, 2023: Plaintiffs’ Statement of Facts February 27th, 2023: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgement May 22nd, 2023: Motion…
DetailsA Case Study in Planning, Perseverance, Collaboration & Conservation September 19th, 2023 Recently, CSU’s water program manager, Ed Andrechak, worked with a team of local leaders to help facilitate a turf removal plan and secure rebate funding for all 195 homes in Padre Lakes. This ambitious water conservation effort will convert 350,000 square feet of…
DetailsImagine seeing your water use on your phone and using that information to make informed choices about your water use. During recent meetings with our local city water managers, CSU learned that several Washington County cities are evaluating and implementing Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)—giving individuals and businesses this power! AMI is a smart water metering…
DetailsClick here for CSU’s comments on the 2023-2050 Regional Transportation Plan Access the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization’s 2023-2050 Regional Transportation Plan document here and details about the public comment period here.
DetailsCSU is concerned that this proposed BLM project shortcuts the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by evaluating this project as a simple land exchange instead of thoroughly evaluating the environmental impacts of a Warner Valley Reservoir, which is planned for the land that the Washington County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) seeks to acquire from the…
DetailsLiving in a Walkable Neighborhood By Susan Crook, CSU Livability Team Member Loriana De Crescenzo has interesting life experiences that give her a sense of what makes a place walkable. She lived in Italy for five years and in Manhattan for seven. “I’d think nothing of walking 20 blocks in New York. And in Italy,…
DetailsWritten by Kathleen Gueymard (Entrada Resident) & Ed Andrechak (Conserve Southwest Utah’s Vice President and Water Program Manager). Every summer the monsoon rains fall and swell the Virgin River, often causing disastrous flooding in Zion National Park, St George, and surrounding communities. Several CSU members have asked us recently: Why can’t the flood water from…
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