~~ Bear Essentials ~ Sept 24, 2017~~

A Monument in Name Only?  Salt Lake Tribune

“San Juan County officials reject claims that looting is even a problem, arguing tourists pose a bigger threat to the region’s fragile cultural sites embedded in it canyons and mesas. . .

The Bear Ears Commission members’ June 28 hike with BLM staff provoked an angry response from the San Juan County Commission, which has lobbied hard for the monument’s rescission on the grounds that it disenfranchises local citizens and serves no legitimate purpose.”

v Federal Land Ownership: Is it Constitutionally Legal?

v Read Article and then vote: Should Federal Ownership of State land be capped at 50%?

v Time Magazine’s view on National Monuments Under Review 

v San Juan County and Contentious USFS Road Closures in the News

                         

   Good News Bear

n  The Hill Reports Several National Monuments to be Downsized

n  Frivolous BE Law Suits Shouldn’t Waste Navajo Tribal Funds by Ryan Benally

n  Dan Love Finally Ousted as BLM Employee

n  Love Fired for Corruption and Theft

n  To Sec. Zinke: Don’t Let False Narratives Block Monument Review

n  Privately Owned Farms and Ranches the Cornerstone of Conservation

n  Libertarian Environmentalism looks at Monuments

n  Forest Service to allow mineral exploration near Mt. St. Helens

n  Grand Canyon Legislation to allow hunters in managing herds

n  Maine Leads the Charge in Food Sovereignty Movement  “Maine is nullifying federal regulations that cripple local farmers.”

n  Darren Parry, NW Shoshone Chairman speaks at Freedom Fest

n  Join the 21^st Century Sage Brush Rebellion

n  Zinke Directive Emphases Fuel Reduction to Control Wildfires

“This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and Montana. High-profile fires in Yosemite and Glacier National Parks have caught national headlines, however millions of acres of forest and grassland have burned in recent months.”

n  Tracking Proposed Monument Reductions  Stanford University, Bill Lane I.

n  Navajo People have been Restricted Enough  by Gen Mitchell

 

 Bad News Bears

n  Forest Service Planning to Obliterate Roads in SJC

n  More information on designated road closures

n  See What SUWA’s Up To

Despite the strong likelihood that Bears Ears National Monument will be modified in coming months, Forest Service officials in southeastern Utah are planning to destroy at least 14 public roads within the monument’s current boundaries.

n  Indivisible Project; well funded and spreading  The Indivisible Project is a registered 501c(4) nonprofit. Our mission is to cultivate and lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies. i.e. World Globalism

n  Yet another “Shift” to the Left Jonah Yellowman, one of their speakers

n  WildEarth Guardians are set to “Mobilize When the Time Comes”

n  Outside Magazine Claims Zinke’s Memo Contains Lies

n  “Outside” writer, Claims Gun Shops Automatically enroll buyers in NRA

n  BLM Farmington Office Stalls on Drilling Permits

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