Dear Friend,
Governor
Herbert is crowing about a judge’s March 20th decision that granted the state of Utah title to
12 of 15 “road” claims in southern Utah.
And Utah taxpayers are being socked for a huge legal bill for the state’s
“road” claims — some of which look like this:
A truck makes its way up the "North Swag" route in the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument -- one of the twelve routes
on which Gov. Herbert spent an untold amount of taxpayer money
to gain title. |
The state’s real goal is to seize control over federal public lands and to
prevent these lands from gaining wilderness protection.
Please help
us stop this madness by making a donation now.
SUWA’s
legal director is coordinating the efforts of 18 lawyers from
non-profit organizations and law firms.
Some of the time is donated, but SUWA has still incurred $50,000 in
legal fees in just the last few months fighting Herbert’s land grab.
Governor Herbert and various Utah counties have filed 29 additional lawsuits claiming more than
14,000 rights-of-way totaling nearly 35,000 miles of dirt trails and routes
threatening Utah’s national parks and monuments — and the redrock wilderness.
89 miles down. 34,911 miles and millions of taxpayer dollars to go. This,
Governor Herbert insists, is a victory.
We say the court’s decision is but the first round in a long battle.
We’ll stop him, just as we’ve repeatedly blocked the
anti-wilderness shenanigans of Utah politicians in the past.
Please make a donation today.
Thank you,
Scott Groene
Executive Director
Moab, Utah 
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