Beyond The Bears Ears: ~~ Bear Essentials ~ May 29, 2017 ~~

A Big Thank You to all who wrote letters as part of the DOI 14-day review. Your thoughtful, fact-filled responses will hopefully carry more weight than the thousands of form letters from people who have never been to Bears Ears territory. On June 10 Secretary Zinke is supposed to have recommendations ready for the President regarding National Monuments designated the past 21 years. Pray daily.

“A rich man’s playground should never come at the expense

of a working man’s livelihood” (and dream). Senator Mike Lee

"Promoting tourism as landscape preservation is a complete farce." Chris Baird 5/18/17

View: A great collection of last year’s Bears Ears videos

Good News Bears

n Balanced Resources Group urges that Bears Ears be Rescinded Their FB site contains lots of maps and additional resources.

n Bears Ears Review garners 57,000 comments Las Vegas Review KSL’s story on Review Comments

n Heated Debate Over National Monuments: A good overview from Shake, Rattle, and Troll showing the impact on the U.S. Includes this info on Utah specifically. Great information.

n San Juan County Commissioners forewarn of unintended consequences caused by monuments SL Tribune; (subsequent comments belong in the Bad News Bears Section!) Tribune commentators all need a “Be Nice” T-shirt!

n Monument would do more harm than good, by Suzette Morris

n Rescind Bears Ears National Monument by Ryan Benally

n Four Corners Free Press-- a pretty balanced article about BENM

n Ranchers Urge Zinke to Scale back Organ Mountain NM Designation

n Rob Bishop aims to ensure federal, local land-use consultation

n Oversight committee video discussing sue and settle problems

n Rob Bishop Introduced Lawful Purposes/Self Defense Act

n Plaintiff in Suit Against Chicken Farmer Fails to Cough up Evidence

n Idaho Judge limits Tribe’s Water Rights to their Reservation