An Illinois senator has again reintroduced a piece of legislation that would protect 8.4 million acres of Utah. Meanwhile, a Utah representative is pushing for the digitization of federal land maps.
Staff Attorney The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), Utah s largest conservation organization, has an immediate opening in its Salt Lake City office for a staff attorney.
SUWA s mission is to defend and protect the wilderness at the heart of the Colorado Plateau and in Utah s West Desert. (Read more here).
Interested applicants should send the following materials to Steve Bloch at hiring@suwa.org: a cover letter, resume, transcript, 3-5 page independent writing sample, and 3 references. Please direct questions to this email address as well. The deadline to submit an application is June 1, 2021.
Job Description:
The staff attorney is a litigation position with a docket that includes national monument defense, energy development, off-road vehicles, Quiet Title Act/R.S. 2477, and vegetation removal. The staff attorney works closely with other program staff in SUWA s Salt Lake, Moab and Washington, D.C. offices and is supervised by the legal director. Qualifications
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