Take Back the Wilderness

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to sacrifice 98% of wilderness-quality land in some of the most beautiful high deserts in central Utah for oil and gas drilling and development.

The Price Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages some of the most beautiful high deserts in central Utah. These include icons of the American West like the San Rafael Desert and the Book Cliffs. This delicate, desert landscape is home to two extremely rare plant species, the Dolores River skeleton plant and the Schultz stickleaf. Bighorn sheep, peregrine falcon and mule deer also survive in the Redrock Wilderness. The BLM is currently revising its land use plan for this area. Instead of striking a balance between protecting wilderness and providing energy development, the agency is planning to sacrifice 98% of wilderness-quality land to oil and gas drilling and development. The BLM insists on tearing up the desert, even though the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that oil and gas deposits under America's Redrock Wilderness would amount to a mere 4 days worth of oil and less than 4 weeks worth of natural gas. There is an alternative! The Castle Country Heritage Plan in a balanced alternative that protects lands including America's Redrock Wilderness from oil and gas development. It also includes reasonable opportunities for development to go forward in more appropriate places. Please take a moment to let the White House know that you want to see America's Redrock wilderness protected.