Wild Utah

Focusing on the ways that wilderness benefits the climate, wildlife, or your own community’s wellness on a daily basis with the Co-Director of Uplift, Lyrica Maldonado. https://upliftclimate.org/

For more information: https://suwa.org/utah-silvestre/

You can also text the word UTAH SILVESTRE to 52886 to receive occasional text notifications about redrock wilderness en español and Latinx herencia y querencia of our public lands.

Host: Olivia Juarez

Production: Laura Borichevsky

Music: Kevin MacLeod

Enfocamos en las maneras en que la tierra silvestre beneficia la clima, la vida silvestre, y bienestar de comunidad a diario con Codirectora de Uplift, Lyrica Maldonado. https://upliftclimate.org/

Para más información: https://suwa.org/utah-silvestre/

Envíe un mensaje de texto con la palabra UTAH SILVESTRE al 52886 para recibir notificaciones de texto ocasionales sobre la Utah silvestre en español y herencia latina y querencia de nuestras tierras públicas.

Presentador de podcasts: Amy Dominguez

Producción: PROArtes Mexico

Música: Kevin MacLeod y Tim O'Keefe

What are federally "owned" lands? What does BLM have to do with wilderness? Get the answers with former Utah State Representative and SUWA Board Member Rebecca Chavez-Houck.

For more information: https://suwa.org/utah-silvestre/

You can also text the word UTAH SILVESTRE to 52886 to receive occasional text notifications about redrock wilderness en español and Latinx herencia y querencia of our public lands.

Host: Olivia Juarez

Production: Laura Borichevsky

Music: Kevin MacLeod

¿Cuáles son tierras en la propiedad del gobierno? ?¿Cuál es la relación entre BLM y tierra silvestre? Obtenemos las respuestas con anterior Representativa del Estado de Utah, y miembro del consejo de SUWA, Rebecca Chavez-Houck.

Para más información: https://suwa.org/utah-silvestre/

Envíe un mensaje de texto con la palabra UTAH SILVESTRE al 52886 para recibir notificaciones de texto ocasionales sobre la Utah silvestre en español y herencia latina y querencia de nuestras tierras públicas.

Presentador de podcasts: Amy Dominguez

Producción: PROArtes Mexico

Música: Kevin MacLeod

The heart behind activism can sometimes be overlooked– but it’s often what grounds us in why we do this work. That couldn’t be more true for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. This spring, they passed a Resolution in support of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (ARRWA) and Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. The church’s support benefits future generations of Americans and show respect for Indigenous people with ties to the land, and it furthers action to combat climate change and stem the global loss of biodiversity by protecting habitat for all living beings.⁠

Joining this episode to discuss the importance of this resolution as one component of protecting all living things are three people from the Episcopal Church in Utah:  the Very Reverend Tyler Doherty, the Dean & Rector at St Mark’s Cathedral; Ron Barness, a longtime member of St Mark’s who serves on the vestry and is chair of the Creation Care sub-committee for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah; and Forrest Cuch, a Ute tribal Elder, Senior Warden at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Whiterocks, Utah, and a member of the Creation Care sub-committee. 

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Theme music is by Haley Noel Austin, with interlude music by Larry Pattis.

Dave Pacheco is the host of Wild Utah.

Post studio production and editing is by Laura Borichevsky.

Since its inception a few years back, SUWA’s Stewardship Program has aimed to foster a stewardship ethic and promote service as recreation in Utah through opportunities to work directly and actively to preserve and enhance the wilderness character of Utah’s public lands. 

So what does all of that mean– for volunteers, and for the redrock wilderness?

Tune in to find out! You’ll be transported to a recent stewardship project in the Canyon Rims area (featuring voices from a couple inspiring University of Utah Alternative Break students) while hearing all about SUWA’s stewardship philosophy from one incredibly dynamic duo: Stewardship Director Jeremy Lynch and Stewardship Coordinator Jack Hanley. 

Sign up to stay in the know about future Stewardship Projects this season and beyond!

Check out the SUWA Stewardship Project Calendar here!

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A special thank you for this episode also goes to the U of U Alternative Break crew who joined us for a one-day project that helped to create the in-the-field audio you hear on this episode.

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Theme music is by Haley Noel Austin, with interlude music by Larry Pattis.

Dave Pacheco is the host of Wild Utah.

Post studio production and editing is by Laura Borichevsky.

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

How do we balance off-road vehicle use with the critical need to protect southern Utah’s redrock wilderness?

Anyone who visits southern Utah will inevitably hear the whine of off-road vehicles (ORVs) and see how their use has scarred the landscape. In southern Utah especially, the recent exponential growth of ORV recreation has led to stream erosion and water pollution, dust and soil erosion, destruction of wildlife habitat, damage to archaeological sites and cultural resources, and increased conflicts between public land users.

Travel management is one tool that can help us to take part in the creation of thoughtful, balanced plans that provide access– not excess– when it comes to off-road vehicle use and mitigate impacts to wilderness. Tune in to hear all about it (including how you can take action right now!) from SUWA’s ORV Policy Fellow, Kelsey Cruickshank. 

Comment now on the scoping plans for Paunsaugunt (Kanab, UT) travel management area!

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Theme music is by Haley Noel Austin, with interlude music by Larry Pattis.

Dave Pacheco is the host of Wild Utah.

Post studio production and editing is by Laura Borichevsky.

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

The oil & gas leasing, drilling and cleanup program in the United States is a mess– needing serious reform, time and money to fix. During the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden made some encouraging statements and promises to address the climate crisis. in particular, Mr. Biden promised to wind down oil & gas leasing and drilling on public lands in the U.S. So where do things stand one year later, especially in Utah? To answer that question and explore the administration’s ongoing efforts to reform this broken program, we are joined by SUWA Staff Attorney Landon Newell.

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Story Map: The Pause on New Oil & Gas Leasing in Utah: One Year Later

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A transcript of this episode can be found here when this link becomes active.

What happens when new land protections and wilderness are designated? While every land management journey is different, one thing's for sure: the devil's in the details.⁠

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The latest episode of Wild Utah looks at this process through 663,000 acres of land recently designated as wilderness through the 2019 John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Congress passed the Emery County Public Land Management Act. Among other things, this act created 17 new wilderness areas, the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area, and three Wild and Scenic segments on the Green River. ⁠

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As a result of these new designations, there are a lot of details to consider. And because the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must update its management plan for each of the affected areas-- which includes input from the public-- it's a process that will take well over a year to complete. ⁠

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So, what's the importance of this process? What do we want to see happen in following through with these new wilderness protections? And when and how do we contact the BLM about all of this to make our voices heard? SUWA Wildlands Attorney Judi Brawer joins us in this highly informative episode that we can all look to as a guide.⁠

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On December 4th, the state of Utah issued a multi-million dollar contract bid, furthering their plans to file a lawsuit challenging the restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, possibly all the way to the Supreme Court. ⁠

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The state was clearly not listening to the people.⁠

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Two days prior, on December 2nd, Tribal and Indigenous community leaders, in addition to people from across Utah, protested at the state Capitol to discourage the irresponsible misuse of state tax dollars. ⁠

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Tune into the latest episode of the Wild Utah podcast to hear each of the speakers from that night, recorded live at the Capitol:⁠

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• Malcom Lehi, Councilman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

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• Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Chairman of the Hopi Tribe⁠

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• David Filfred, Co-Chair of Utah Diné Bikéyah

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• Olivia Juarez, Latinx Community Organizer for SUWA⁠

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• Brooke Larsen, Utah community activist, organizer, & writer⁠

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Send a message to Utah Governor Cox and Attorney General Reyes to let them know that pursuing this lawsuit would be another monumental mistake!

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Statement on Bears Ears National Monument restoration 

Utah Diné Bikéyah 

SUWA Statement on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument restorations

Learn more about SUWA’s stance on Bears Ears here

Learn more about SUWA’s stance on Grand Staircase-Escalante here

KSL: ‘Stop the attacks’: Tribal leaders, activists plead for end to ‘political football’ over Utah monuments

Salt Lake Tribune: Utahns gather at State Capitol to protest Attorney General’s lawsuit against Bears Ears National Monument restoration

Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Attorney General’s office selects law firm in legal challenge over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments

KSL: Utah AG's Office picks national law firm to assist in potential monuments lawsuit

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Theme music is by Haley Noel Austin, with interlude music by Larry Pattis.

Dave Pacheco is the host of Wild Utah.

Post studio production and editing is by Laura Borichevsky.

A transcript of this episode can be found here.