Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

RE: Support H.R. 1774, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

Dear Representative ,

I urge you to cosponsor and support H.R. 1774, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. Passage of this bill will provide permanent protection to over 9 million acres of southern Utah’s pristine and spectacular public lands for future generations of Americans.

Throughout southeastern Utah, proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wilderness areas surround and connect eight of Utah's nine national park, monument, and recreation areas. These BLM lands easily equal their neighboring national parklands in scenic beauty, in opportunities for recreation, and in ecological importance. But unlike the parks, most Utah BLM wildlands lack any form of long-term protection.

These lands harbor some of the largest and finest desert roadless areas to be found anywhere in the world. They include the huge canyon systems of the Colorado, Green, San Juan, and Dolores rivers; the intimate slickrock narrows of the Escalante, Dirty Devil, Paria, and Virgin rivers; the vast tablelands and massive cliff-walls of the Kaiparowits Plateau, the Book Cliffs, and the Grand Staircase; and the isolated mountain ranges and desert riparian areas of Utah's Great Basin country.

Already, parcels of these lands are being leased for oil and gas exploration and degraded by reckless off-road vehicles users, and are in danger of being lost forever.

Please help ensure that these irreplaceable American treasures are protected forever by cosponsoring and actively supporting H.R. 1774.

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