Bear Essentials Dec. 10, 2016

Bear Essentials Dec. 10-17

.   Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing.”

No matter the omens of doom, and naysayers who have never even helped in this urgent issue, Stewards of San Juan County are determined to represent our county, our freedoms, and to speak out as long as there is hope.  It’s possible some of you have only written once or twice; that needs to be substantially increased when you are fighting a formidable foe. We hope you will help today, and throughout these last weeks of the year. Write and call OFTEN

**TOP Priority

1.      Efforts must continue if we want to stop the environmental lobby momentum:

Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 between the hours of 7am - 3 pm MST to leave a comment AND leave the same comment online at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Possible script (or you can personalize it as you see fit):
"Hello, my name is _____ and I am a resident of Blanding, Utah. I am calling to express my strong opposition to the proposed Bears Ears National Monument in San Juan County  Please do not designate another monument in Utah. I stand with our elected city, county, and Utah's ENTIRE elected congressional delegation, as well as the two local tribes, in opposing this monument. Do not support the environmental lobby.  Rural Americans and their livelihood matters.

2.     If you need help writing letters, or organizing them, come to the Blanding library tomorrow Saturday, Dec. 10—1-3 PM . Sample letters and addresses available.  If you have a lap top come help with e-mailing or drop your letter off today. 

Write letters to these key people immediately, especially if you are mailing them.  The last five are all Senior advisors to President Obama.  E-mail letters could be sent every day. 

President Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Call to comment: 202-456-1111
wrote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Christy Goldfuss, Chair
Council on Environmental Quality
722 Jackson Place NW
Washington, DC 20503
Email: chair@ceq.eop.gov

Brian Deese, Senior Energy Advisor
Department of Energy
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500

Neil Kornze, Director
Bureau of Land Management
Mail Stop 2134 LM
1849 C St. NW.
Washington DC 20240
e-mail: director@blm.gov
nkornze@blm.gov

The following are advisors to the president:

Andrew_J_McConville@ceq.eop.gov
Leslie.Jones@osec.usda.gov
Michael_H_Degnan@ceq.eop.gov
Sally_A_Hardin@ceq.eop.gov
Stephenne_S_Harding@ceq.eop.gov

Please add this link at the bottom of your e-mails with this statement.  This document includes further reasons you should not designate Bears Ears National Monument. 

Reading for this week.  

--This is a great article showing the past history of National Monuments and how Bears Ears rose to the center stage of the CLF campaign.  Jim Stiles details the trail of magabucks spent via green extremists, and the impact on rural towns and fragile landscapes.

 Read full article:

--Referendum on Rural Rights in America.

--Should the EPA be dissolved?                                                                                              

--Bureaucratic Rot in the BLM: Could Mike Noel help?

--National Monuments should not be a one-man show