Univ. of So. Calif. Journalism Team Tackles SJC Issues:
San Juan Record Editor Coordinates Project
Students Research then Write 16 page Supplement
“ Utah Diné Bikéyah, a nonprofit
based in Salt Lake City that’s led by Navajo and Ute Mountain Ute tribal
members, has aligned itself with companies that promote and profit handsomely
from non-motorized outdoor recreation. They include some of the nation’s most
prominent and politically aggressive: Patagonia, The North Face, REI Co-op,
Black Diamond, Arc’teryx, Sage, OR, küat, Osprey, Yakima, Clif Bar and Mountain
Hard Wear…..”
in contrast: “Doodah-No Monument promoters “are
NOT beneficiaries of a sophisticated
multimillion dollar, multiyear national campaign organized and administered by
professionals who make a comfortable living off of creating and now litigating
Bears Ears. Here’s a sampling of the salaries received by executive directors
of several nonprofits behind BENM, according to their 2016 IRS Form 990s: Friends of Cedar Mesa, Bluff, Utah, $41,000; UDB, Salt Lake
City, $86,000; Round River Conservation Studies, Salt Lake City, $98,000; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, Moab, Washington, D.C., $113,000; Conservation Lands Foundation, Durango, Colo., $150,000; and Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, Ariz., Denver, Durango, Moab, $226,000. None of
the directors, staff or donors of those organizations is accountable to the
people whose livelihoods and lives might be affected by their decisions. Many
cannot even vote in Utah.” (Read the whole article)
"What happened in
Blanding is a symptom of the underlying problem," he said.
The so-called
"Kill Book," he added, is "abhorrent. This is the kind of thing
that could have or would have been addressed more quickly with a state or local
law enforcement agency."
“With too many roads to fix and not enough money, a
southeastern Utah community is testing out a new technique for building roads
that has the potential to save taxpayers as much as 80 percent over traditional
asphalt.”
“It turns out that these
18 “recovered” species were never endangered in the first place and were placed
on the endangered species list due to poor data. This, however, has not kept
the Department of Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) from trumpeting
their “recovery” as a success.”
Documenting
Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016
