Volunteers Help Restore Fire Ravaged Red Cliffs NCA 3,500 Plants Watered in Three Hours! In 2020, four human-caused wildfires ravaged the Red Cliffs NCA, burning nearly 25% of the protected Mojave desert tortoise critical habitat. In October, the BLM, American Conservation Experience crews, and CSU volunteers responded to this devastation in a big way. We…
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It is very likely that June 2021 in Southern Utah will be the warmest June in recorded history. Temperatures are averaging 10 degrees above normal (The Spectrum). When the data is tallied, we will likely have 20 days which reach 100 degrees or higher, six of them 110 degrees or above (Weather.com). The challenges…
DetailsIt is gratifying to see that our elected officials at all levels are taking the current drought seriously by embracing water conservation. Governor Cox issued an Executive Order on water conservation that is mandatory for all state facilities and suggested for the state’s cities and residents. In Washington County, the Washington County Water Conservancy…
DetailsWe last reported on the Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP) in the November 20, 2020 Bulletin with the headline “Back to the Drawing Boards”. When are we likely to see this project reappear? To the casual observer the Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP) seemed to disappear from the spotlight faster than Lake Powell is receding. Many…
DetailsThe title is not intended as a snarky line. It’s a valid question. What is Utah’s new water agency leadership and politicians thinking about Utah’s use of the Colorado River? This is particularly germane as April’s flow into Lake Powell was something like 27% of the 30-year average from 1981 to 2010. May’s flow…
DetailsLegal action, while not our first choice is the only way to protect the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area from the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH). On June 4, CSU announced that we filed a lawsuit in the Washington DC Federal District Court against the US Department of Interior (DOI) for the previous administration’s approval of…
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The Dirt is a periodic publication of Conserve Southwest Utah. The purpose of The Dirt is to update our members on significant conservation issues we have not covered in our Bulletins for some time. This issue includes posts on the Lawsuit to Stop the Northern Corridor Highway Moves Forward, The Colorado River Authority: What Are…
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