Please read and share this excellent piece on Utah’s Federal Lands. Mr. Van Dam challenges the state to get serious about funding education and stop using Federal Lands as a scapegoat. Van Dam: Utah’s land grab ripoff | The Salt Lake Tribune

Western Resource Advocates released their Local Waters Alternative to the Lake Powell Pipeline this week. This report shows that with just 1% annual conservation, Washington County could entirely eliminate the need for the Lake Powell Pipeline and save MILLIONS of dollars. Read the Executive Summary HERE, or view the entire

Have you been looking for a voice of reason in Utah’s Public Lands Debate? Check out For Kids and Lands a group of citizens, educators and proponents of public education who have organized against HB 148. Please visit their website and sign their petition today. www.forkidsandlands.org

Lesley Mendenhall and Kelly Tucker have prepared this excellent document on the Transfer of Public Lands Act HB 148. Please share this broadly and help inform Utahns about the problems with HB 148. TPLA 2012 Opposing Position

Thanks to Westwood Youth Group for sending us this great resource. Check out this webpage for great links to learn more about water conservation. http://www.air-n-water.com/water-conservation-resources.htm

Today the Senate Tax and Revenue Committee will be hearing SB 154 a bill that would tax water users across the State to fund the Lake Powell Pipeline. Contact your Legislators today to let them know you oppose this bill! Vote No on SB 154 B

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SUNCLF is looking for your best photographs of Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas. Our 2013 photography contest will collect the best photographs of these areas for display at a year end formal showing. Be a part of the preservation of these special places and submit your photographs today! What: SUNCLF National… Read more »

The Bureau of Reclamation is expected to release their report on Colorado River Supply and Climate Change this week. One of the most outrageous proposals to deal with future water demands is to pipe water from the Missouri River to Denver. Jason Bane of Western Resource Advocates, a conservation organization based in Boulder, Colo.,described the… Read more »

A recent report by Headwaters Economics finds that the West’s popular national parks, monuments, wilderness areas and other public lands offer its growing high-tech and services industries a competitive advantage, which is a major reason why the western economy has outperformed the rest of the U.S. economy in key measures of growth–employment, population, and personal… Read more »