10月8日——本周，多家环保组织以美国政府拟炸毁犹他州东部某峡谷的崖壁并修建一条石油运输公路为由，对其提起诉讼。该公路计划穿越一片布满历史铭文的区域，且邻近世界闻名的原住民岩画遗址。
Oct 8 - Conservation groups sued the US government this week over plans to blast the cliff walls of an eastern Utah canyon and build an oil truck highway through an area covered in historic inscriptions and near world-renowned Native rock art.
根据针对美国土地管理局提起的诉讼，这项计划旨在将Gate Canyon内蜿蜒的土路改造成铺装公路，但此举将破坏长达100英尺（约30米）的崖壁，而崖壁上至少有47处历史遗迹，其中包括19世纪美国陆军中的非裔“水牛兵”以及欧洲拓荒者留下的铭文。诉讼还指出，这些崖壁也是墨西哥斑点猫头鹰等濒危物种的栖息地。
The project to replace a winding dirt track with a paved road through Gate Canyon would destroy 100-foot (30-meter) cliffs with at least 47 historic sites, including 19th century inscriptions by Black American "Buffalo Soldiers" in the US Army and European pioneers, according to the lawsuit against the US Bureau of Land Management. The cliffs are also a habitat for threatened species such as the Mexican spotted owl, the suit claims.
作为土地管理局的上级机构，美国内政部发言人表示，由于相关诉讼尚在审理中，该部暂无可置评内容。
A spokesperson for the US Department of the Interior, the bureau's parent agency, said it had no comment due to pending litigation.
据土地管理局介绍，Gate Canyon从被誉为“世界最长艺术长廊”的九英里峡谷向北延伸。这条长约46英里（74公里）的九英里峡谷内拥有全美最密集的原住民岩画群，现存1000多处岩画点，刻画着超过1万幅图案，其中部分可追溯到史前时期。
Gate Canyon runs north off Nine Mile Canyon, described as the world's longest art gallery, according to the Bureau of Land Management. Nine Mile Canyon, which is about 46 miles (74 km) long, is home to the United States' largest concentration of Native rock art with more than 1,000 art sites containing over 10,000 images, some dating to prehistoric times.
诉讼称，这条作为尤因塔盆地油田替代运输通道的公路建设计划，将使九英里峡谷沦为繁忙的石油运输要道，进而可能破坏犹他州最重要的文化与自然景观区之一。
The plan to pave Gate Canyon as an alternative truck route to the Uinta Basin oil fields would turn Nine Mile Canyon into a busy oil highway, potentially damaging one of Utah's most important cultural and scenic areas, the lawsuit claims.
这份长达50页的诉讼文书提交至美国犹他州中部地区联邦地方法院，其中指出：“土地管理局仓促于2026年4月作出批准炸崖修路的决定，且全程未向公众公开相关流程。”
"BLM rushed its April 2026 decision to approve the blasting and paving of Gate Canyon and hid that process from the public," says the 50-page lawsuit filed in US District Court District of Utah, Central Division.
发起此次诉讼的原告方包括生物多样性中心等组织，他们主张：犹他州杜切斯恩县提出的公路建设方案虽获土地管理局批准，却违反了《国家环境政策法》《国家历史遗产保护法》以及《濒危物种法》等多项联邦法律。
Plaintiffs in the Utah lawsuit - including the Center for Biological Diversity - said the Bureau's approval of the road project proposed by Utah's Duchesne County violated a string of federal laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act and the Endangered Species Act.
据原告称，当年美国黑人士兵在修建盖特峡谷内的道路时，将自己的名字刻在了岩壁上。该峡谷位于盐湖城东南约100英里（160公里）处。此外，运输商与拓荒者也曾用车轴润滑油在岩壁上留下自己的名字。
Black US Army soldiers carved their names in the rock walls of Gate Canyon, located around 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Salt Lake City, when they built its current road. Freighters and pioneers also inscribed their names on the canyon walls using axle grease, according to the plaintiffs.
就在几周前，一名美国法官裁定，在法院审理一起针对边境墙建设项目的环保诉讼期间，唐纳德·特朗普政府不得在得克萨斯州的大弯国家公园内修建边境墙。此次诉讼便是在此背景下发起的。
The legal action comes weeks after a US judge blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from building a border barrier through Big Bend National Park in Texas while courts consider an environmental lawsuit challenging that project.
特朗普一直奉行“大力开采”政策，致力于扩大国内石油与天然气产量，通过加快许可审批流程及放宽环保限制来实现美国的能源主导地位。
Trump has pursued a "Drill, baby, drill” policy to expand domestic oil and gas production, speeding permits and loosening environmental restrictions in pursuit of US energy dominance.