Save America's Redrock Wilderness

Tell your senators to protect Utah's wildlands by opposing S. 2834 unless its serious flaws are fixed.

I am a defender of Utah's magnificent redrock country and I urge you to oppose S. 2834, the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008, unless its serious flaws are remedied.

S. 2834 would protect less than half of the identified wilderness-quality lands in Washington County. More of these spectacular lands should be protected. In addition, the bill does not provide sufficient protection from off-road vehicles for threatened desert tortoise habitat in the Mojave Desert or for currently protected wilderness-quality lands near Zion National Park. Furthermore, it would allow for the sale of up to 14 square miles of public lands, the majority of which have not been identified for sale through land-use planning processes, and would give a significant chunk of the proceeds to Washington County for potentially harmful development projects. In short, S. 2834 is bad for Utah wilderness and would enact into law damaging precedents for future public land bills.

For the sake of present and future generations, please stand up for the spectacular wildlands of southwestern Utah. Oppose S. 2834 unless necessary improvements are made.

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