Bear Essentials ~~ APRIL 16, 2017

Beyond Standing Rock. KUED Channel 7 ~~ Sunday April 30, 3 PM

~~ A Realistic View of the Bears Ears National Monument  Tribune Op-ed by Ryan Benally, Stewards of San Juan vice president

•     The Constituion Protects Citizens and States from Tyranny.   Tribune Op-ed by SJH Alumni, Donald Guymon

•      Would moving the BLM West bring more accountability?    
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•     Gem State Patriot says Federal Agencies need Eliminated
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•    Bills Transfering lands to State stewardship, processing through Congress

   ~~Charges filed against Franklin and Chilcoat  Endangerment of livestock SJRecord

          ~~Deseret News version                    

          ~~Salt Lake Tribune Version

*When commenting publicly on this story, or others which may be headed to court, It would be wise to step back and let the county pursue the charges.  Sometimes inflammatory remarks made in public have a way going awry and harming our cause.  Often anger speaks louder than wisdom.

~~ Ranchers and rural Oregon counties defend predator Control Program

 San Juan County ranchers/ farmers are invited to 2nd Annual Range Rights and Resource Symposium next month in Omaha, Nebraska. It's going to be an outstanding two days with speakers on private property and federal land management issues held at Bellevue University and will include a tour of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Research Center. For more info see http://rangerights.com 

• Continue to write to all agencies within the Department of Interior. 

Bad News Bears 

• Supreme Court partly to blame for Rural vs. Urban resentment 
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• United Nations “indigenous Peoples” rights declaration endangers States soverenty rights and personal property.

•      ATV Ban in Recapture Canyon Lifted by Sec. Zinke 
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•     BLM Decision promises more than it delivers.   E-mail or call:  Monticello office: utmtmail@blm.gov; State BLM Office: blm_ut_so_public_room@blm.gov; Moab District office: utmbmail@blm.gov; 202-208-3801 National BLM phone number
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•     Quote from Judge Judy relates to the article above: “Don’t pee on my shoes and try to tell me it’s raining.” 
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•      Free Range Report of Recapture Canyon Story  by Monte Wells

·       Letter received from the Monticello BLM Manager:

Hello Ms. Wilcox,

To your point that when comparing maps, most routes looked like they were already open for use - You are correct that trails in the area especially up on the west rim of Recapture canyon have remained open since 2007, and thus have continued to be used by the public.  However, these routes were not designated as open to motorized use in the 2008 Monticello Resource Management Plan (RMP). Without this latest decision, motorized use would not be able to be continued since those were not designated routes.  In the RMP it states, “Actual route designations can be modified without completing a plan amendment, although NEPA compliance is still required.”  This environmental assessment was the vehicle to make the determination as to whether the routes should be added to the Travel Management Plan or not. If a determination would not have been made in this analysis and decision, there would have had to be a whole separate analysis to determine possible continued use of those routes in order to be in compliance with the RMP.  It is unfortunate that the headline or title put on the Press Release has been interpreted by many to infer far more than what was actually part of the decision.

          Don Hoffheins

•     Moab Climbers support National Monument, even though they can already climb in Indian Creek

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For Bears Ears information the past nine months, go to

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