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What you can do to defend Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Elizabeth Hutchings July 17, 2026

What Happened With Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante? On July 13th, President Trump signed two executive orders to shrink Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by around 90%, and Bears Ears National Monument by 91%. He was joined by Governor Spencer Cox, Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, & Utah’s Congressional delegation. President Donald J. Trump signs executive

Preserving our public lands

Chase Thomas August 31, 2022

A few weeks ago, I joined the rest of my family for a summer vacation in rural Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming. We spent half of the week cooped up in our cabin due to a never-ending series of thunderstorms, reading on the porch while cuddled in a blanket or sitting around the table playing card

The hills Mike Lee is willing to let Americans die on

Kathryn Calderon February 16, 2021

With the 2020 election in the rearview mirror, our sights are already set on 2022 as we work toward unseating one of the most dangerous politicians in Washington. Senator Mike Lee’s career was born and sustained on a wave of radicalism. First elected in 2010, the year of the Tea Party, then re-elected in 2016,

All the things the Utah State Legislature did to your life this year

Better Utah March 15, 2019

This article originally appeared on Fox 13. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — What just happened? The Utah State Legislature just happened! Hard to believe it was 45 days ago that lawmakers opened the 2019 legislative session to protests over their plans to replace Proposition 3, the voter-approved Medicaid-expansion ballot initiative.

Press Release: Better Utah Demonstrates How Millions of Dollars in Taxpayer Revenue Goes Up in Flames

Katie Matheson April 6, 2018

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2018 BETTER UTAH DEMONSTRATES HOW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER REVENUE GOES UP IN FLAMES Salt Lake City, UT – Last night, money wasn’t simply being stored inside the Federal Reserve Building in downtown Salt Lake City — it was going up in flames outside. Alliance for a

Legislators Turn a Deaf Ear to Native Voices

Kyle Garahana March 9, 2018

After the legislature’s call to rescind Bears Ears led the Outdoor Retailer trade show to relocate to Colorado, one would think our representatives would handle future land decisions more carefully and listen to constituents. Including input from those who occupy these lands and consider them sacred is not only the right thing to do, it’s

Commentary: U.S. and Utah need to stop coddling domestic extremists

Better Utah August 28, 2017

Source: Salt Lake Tribune and True Viral News Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke capped off a recent presidentially mandated review of national monuments by declaring, “I am an advocate to never sell or transfer public land, and so is the president.” His words were intended to be reassuring, but not to public land advocates.

Business Owners Advocate for Monument

Better Utah July 5, 2017

Check out this video of local business owners advocating for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:

What’s the Deal with Interim Session?

Chase Thomas May 15, 2017

This coming Wednesday, May 17, the Utah State Legislature is meeting for its monthly interim session. Don’t know what an interim session is? Not sure what you can do to be involved? No worries – we’ve got you covered! Here’s what you should know about Utah’s interim sessions. What is an Interim Session? Under the

Better Utah Broadcast – Public Lands Discussion with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Better Utah May 15, 2017

Tune into our “Better Utah Broadcast” – listen to Maddie and Dave Pacheco here! Produced by Jarrell James Artwork by Kendra Black Subscribe on iTunes!

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