The Conservation Alliance

President Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation last week which recognized September as “National Wilderness Month.”  Invoking the “majesty of our Nation’s wilderness” and a rich legacy of past wilderness legislation, the president rightly recognized that “we must ensure that future generations can experience the tranquility and grandeur of America’s natural places.”  Please send him a message asking him to commemorate National Wilderness Month by giving long-deserved protection to wilderness-quality lands in Utah! The Dirty Devil proposed wilderness is still under threat by policies kept in place from the Bush administration.  Photo copyright Ray Bloxham/SUWA. Even as President Obama's proclamation emphasized the need to protect the natural heritage of future generations, over at the Department of Interior, Secretary Ken Salazar has kept in place highly destructive policies initiated by the Bush administration which threaten the pristine natural beauty, quiet and solitude of worthy wilderness-quality lands throughout the West. Here’s what Secretary Salazar... Read More