[Imc-newsroom] Sierra Club to host Utah wilderness presentation

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UTAH REDROCK WILDERNESS PHOTO AND PRESENTATION TOUR COMES TO CHAMPAIGN -
URBANA
    
HIGHLITES STEWARDSHIP OF ONE OF AMERICA¹S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES

    The Sierra Club¹s Prairie Group will host a special presentation
regarding the wilderness adjoining Zion National Park and the nearby Mojave
Desert on Tuesday, October 10 at 7pm.  The event will take place in the
McKinley Foundation¹s Geneva room located at 5th St. and Daniels.   The
presentation, entitled ³An American Icon:  The Zion / Mojave Wilderness²,
will address the impact of competing proposals:  one to conserve natural
resources and the other to sell off American¹s public lands to enable sprawl
and private development.

    The land area at issue lies just west of Zion National Park.  Known as
³Greater Zion², it contains redrock temples, profound gorges, and
ponderosa-studded plateaus which complete the fantastically complex
Zion-Mojave wilderness.  The Mojave Desert portion is home to the endangered
desert tortoise.  It is all part of a citizens¹ proposal inventoried and
documented by volunteers dedicated to the land¹s protection.  In addition to
describing threats to this world-class wilderness, the presentation and
photos will discuss steps citizens can take to help protect it.

    ³Americans are blessed with the opportunity to be effective stewards of
our nation¹s special places.  Our natural heritage is threatened.  There is
a need and a means for people to act,² says Clayton Daughenbaugh who will be
offering the presentation.

    The presentation is part of an ongoing tour sponsored by the Southern
Utah Wilderness Alliance.

WHEN:  Tueday, October 10 at 7pm

WHERE:  McKinley Foundation - Geneva room
        5th St. and Daniels

WHO:  Clayton Daughenbaugh is a Field Organizer for the Southern Utah
Wilderness Alliance (SUWA).  He is also co-chair of the Illinois Task
Force for Utah Wilderness, a member of the Sierra Club¹s Wildlands
Committee.  SUWA is a twenty year old organization of citizens who love
Utah¹s wild lands and work together for their protection.
          Mr. Daughenbaugh is available for interviews.

DIGITAL PHOTOS AND MORE INFORMATION can be found at www.suwa.org or
www.zionmojavewilderness.org