Coalition

Robert Redford, Members of Congress, and Broad Coalition Call on Administration to Halt Midnight Land Sale in Utah WASHINGTON (December 17, 2008) -Robert Redford joined members of Congress and a coalition of environmental, preservation and business groups to stop the Interior Department from auctioning Utah wilderness to oil and gas companies. Congressmen Baird (D-WA), Hinchey (D-NY), and Holt (D-NJ) are leading the charge on the Hill to stop the auction, which is scheduled to take place on December 19. At a press event today, the environmental and preservation groups-led by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Southern Utah Wilderness Association, and Earthjustice-announced that they are taking legal action against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to halt the leasing of more than 110,000 acres of land near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, and Nine Mile Canyon.

For more information about the December 19 lease sale, including maps and photos, visit http://www.suwa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=December2008_LeaseParcelMaps

A copy of the complaint is at http://docs.nrdc.org/land/files/lan_08121701a.pdf.

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