Tell Proposed Red Cliffs Highway to Hit the Road!
The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area spans some 45,000 acres of spectacular red sandstone wilderness in southwest Utah. It was established by Congress in 2009 to permanently protect the natural resources of the area—including critical habitat for the highly-threatened Mojave desert tortoise, Gila monster, Burrowing owl, and kit fox.
This incredible landscape is also a vital part of the ancestral homelands of the Southern Paiute and Pueblo communities, and is filled with significant cultural resources.
Now, officials in Utah want to build a 4-lane highway—dubbed the "Northern Corridor"—through 4.5 miles of protected area.
The Northern Corridor highway was approved in 2021 during the final days of the Trump administration—despite having been denied SIX times previously because it was found to be in violation of numerous environmental laws and was unsupported by Congress.
Building a highway through the Red Cliffs would set a dangerous precedent that could threaten every protected conservation area in the nation.
The Red Cliffs Conservation Coalition—of which Broads is a proud partner—filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the highway approval to ensure that Red Cliffs remains protected.
Take Action!
A threat to one national conservation area is a threat to all national conservation areas!
Sign this petition from the Red Cliffs Conservation Coalition to tell federal officials that wilderness isn't something to pave over!
