Bear Essentials January 30, 2017

  Bear Essentials January 30, 2017

Legislative News was at the top of the Bear Cave this week.  It has been very reassuring to see our State Legislators representing us so well.  If you have not already done so, please watch these two hearings with Representative Greg Hughes, and Mike Noel. I feel like I know the issues even better now as well as the caliber of men who represents us. 

--Utah House of Representatives Jan. 27 Resolution presented by Greg Hughes

--Video --HCR 12 Concurrent Resolution by Mike Noel

--This is the article I wrote regarding the passage of both resolutions on Friday:   Utah leaders Issue Resolution to undo Decades of Federal Monuments Injustices     

[Be sure to give Marjorie Haun a shout out when you go to her Free Range site; you may even want to lend support!]

--Deseret News Article related to resolutions

Even though we have support of our representatives and congressmen, the green-machine opposition is still spending mega bucks lobbying against Utah’s right to have any say in the matter of local land use. Take every opportunity you can to call or write to correct inaccuracies or confront lies spread by web sites, news articles, and fear mongers. How many of you commented on the Deseret News Article? That is just one way to get involved.

 Good News Bears

--Bears Ears Needs the Butterfly Effect:   We believe Faith can move mountains.  Now it’s time to see if faith plus action can move Monuments.

Because Utah State Legislators cannot rescind the Bears Ears Monument by themselves, we are uniting with them and asking those in other states to join us in this cause. On the National level, elected officials are more likely to listen their own constituents.  Please contact every sympathetic patriot you know (on e-mail, Facebook and, address book), and ask them to please contact their state senators and representatives and share the concerns that western states have.  Legislation regarding land issues is going to be a big issue and we need your help and theirs.   (Following is a sample letter, and possible ideas you could use if needed.)

Sample Letter I sent out last week:  Use your own ideas, or borrow some of these.  So far I’ve contacted 80 people, and plan to do more.  Please join me.

Dear Friends and family,

I hate to admit it, but I’ve seldom gotten involved in local politics—however, this year has been an exception. I've been very active since July 2016, trying to prevent the Bears Ears National Monument from being designated in San Juan County, Utah.  We have lived in this beautiful, yet rugged, dry area for 45 years, but we love it. During my growing up years in Idaho, National Park visits were always included; I even worked at Yellowstone and Jackson Hole as a teenager, but fast forward to today and I see a well-funded and relentless global movement to confiscate more American land and take away state’s rights.  This sham in the name of environment has crossed my line of tolerance.  Bears Ears was designated Dec. 28 and now we are working to have the dastardly deed undone.   Utah was not the only victim in this socialistic movement. A total of 550 million acres were “locked up” during Obama’s regime, with the prime intent of preventing the use of natural resources.  It was NOT about protection.

Currently the Federal government owns approximately 640 million acres of land (about 28 percent) of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. However, 92 percent of these federally owned acres are in 12 Western states.  We do not have equality when it comes to state’s rights and economic freedom. Only 8 % of the land in San Juan County where we live is privately owned!  As a result, we are the poorest county in the state.  Impoverished western counties with public lands, are dominated by federal agencies and are exporting children and importing poverty. National Monuments only make that worse. Even though tourists come, they are not a stable tax base and neither are the service jobs which ensue.  We already have five other Nat'l Parks and Monuments in our county, and we’re still the poorest!  

​We are now using legislative means to have Bears Ears rescinded and the Antiquities Act changed so that congressional approval is required.  We need your support in this matter. if you feel compassion for our plight, please write your Congressmen: senators and representatives-- especially if you live outside of Utah.  If you live in Utah, please forward this letterl to family and friends in other states. Encourage them to support Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee and Representative Jason Chaffetz in their bills to rein in federal overreach, rescind Bears Ears NM, and curtail the Antiquities Act.  

This article includes more reasons why this is important:  Utah Legislators Issue Resolution to Curtail Federal Injustices

If you need additional information, visit this Blog.  http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/

​I hope these concerns will be yours as well, and that you will write or call your congressmen.  Please let me know when you do this, as we're tracking our efforts.  If you don't agree with this, thank you for at least reading through the two links above and considering my point of view.  

Thank you,

Janet

This map may give you an idea of what we’re dealing with.

--Jason Chaffetz introduces bill to strip law enforcement from BLM and Forest Service

  Bad News Bears

--Ranchers in Oregon face more problems –i.e. spotted frogs

--Listen:  Anniversary Tribute to LaVoy Finicum:  

Why are these lands shut down?

--Why the new version BLM 2.0 isn’t better than previous land planning strategies  (Be aware that non-elected Non-Governmental Organizations now have as much say in decisions as locals who know and live by the land.)