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Greater Canyonlands Campaign
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Tar Sands: Worth the Energy? An Analysis of the Future of Utah's Tar Sands — Stevan R. Baxter, 2007 1.5
Between a Rock and a Dry Place: The Impact of Oil Shale Development and Climate Change on the Colorado River Basin Water Supply — NRDC 2011 1.6
North American Oil Sands: History of Development, Prospects for the Future — CRS Report for Congress, 2008 1.2
Policy Analysis of Water Availability and Use Issues for Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Development — Topical Report for DOE, 2010 8.7
Landscapes of Opportunity: The Economic Influence of National Parks in Southeast Utah, a report prepared by the National Parks Conservation Association 3.4
“Consummate Canyonlands,” an article in the December 2011 Advocate by Laura Kamala 0.3
Links to Other Websites
Moab Times Independent article about the state approval of the first tar sands strip mine in the nation
Utah Wildlands Program
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To download more reports, click here to visit our Utah Wildlands blog.
The Local Economic Impacts of Protected Wildlands: Enhanced Economic Vitality, Thomas Michael Power 0.2
Utah Governor’s Vision for Outdoor Recreation 6.7
Utah’s contribution to the Outdoor Recreation Economy 1.2
Conservation in the West Poll – A survey of attitudes of voters in five western states, 2013 (executive summary) 0.2
The National Landscape Conservation System 15-Year Strategy 2010–2025 3.0
2001–2011 Roadless Areas Conservation Policy Chronology 0.2
Legal Status of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule 0.2
America’s Great Outdoors – A Promise to Future Generations 10.8
Links to GIS data (registration required)
Unified Forest Proposal for Beaver, Emery, Grand, Piute, and San Juan Counties, Utah — Utah Environmental Congress and Grand Canyon Trust (Data Basin)
Other links
Why is wilderness important?
More about BLM wilderness
2013 Conservation in the West poll results
Forest Restoration
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To download many more reports, click here to visit our Utah Forests blog.
Guidelines for Aspen Restoration in the National Forests of Utah 1.8
North American Beaver (Wildlife Notebook Series No. 24, by Jeremy Christensen) 1.1
The Economic Value of Beaver Ecosystem Services, Escalante River Basin, Utah 12
Elk, Cattle, Beaver, and Willow — Interactions on the Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti - La Sal NFs (interactive PowerPoint) NA
Working with Beaver for Better Habitat (by Sherrie Tippie)* 6.1
What Do Beaver Eat? (Literature review for the Grand Canyon Trust) 0.32
A Survey of Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Early Brood-rearing, Summer-Late Brood-rearing, and Winter Habitat Integrity in Six Utah Sage Grouse Use Areas 1.82
Cottonwood, Aspen, & Willow at Risk: Lack of Recruitment due to Excessive Browsing on Dixie and Fishlake National Forests (2009 Field Research Report) 2.21
Reference Areas: Ecological Gold Standards for Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti-La Sal National Forests (2009 report) 0.75
Energy Development
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Utah Department of Air Quality noncompliance letter (Danish Flats) 1.2
Danish Flats GRAMA e-mails 2.0
Hydrocarbon Heaven article in Advocate by Laura Kamala 0.3
Topo Map of Harley Dome and Bitter Creek (Westwater Farms) 13.7
USGS topo maps with possible monitoring wells (Westwater Farms) NA
2010 Photos of Westwater Farms 0.6
GCT and citizen’s groups letter Westwater Farms 0.4
Stewart Environmental’s monitoring program for Weswater Farms 0.2
2008 Health Risks of Oil and Gas Development, University of Colorado 0.08
2008 Conclusions and Recommendations of White Paper, University of Colorado 0.8
Fracking Shown to Mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale, Environment News Service 0.3
Uranium Mining
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Grand Canyon Trust’s official comments to the Department of Energy regarding Atlas tailings 2005 0.10
State Trust Lands
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Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act: Grand County 2.08
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act: Uintah County 1.71
“School Trust Lands in Utah” by Bill Hedden and Craig Bigler 0.04
Links to Other Websites
Conservation System Foundation
Invasive Species
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Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about tamarisk 0.08
Southeast Utah Tamarisk Plan 3.74
Links to Other Websites
Tamarisk Coalition
University of Utah Extension Service
National Monuments
Links to Other Websites
Grand Staircase ~ Escalante National Monument website
Conservation System Alliance
Grand Canyon conservation

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