Showing posts with label Advisory Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advisory Council. Show all posts

Friday, August 31, 2018

~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: August 31, 2018~~


What is San Juan’s Vision Now for Bears Ears National Monument?

(Revisiting Jim Stiles Cartoon from 2016)

News in the West 

  
 ~~People who care about access and roads. This is where they'll decide which roads they're closing and what kind of travel will be allowed.
~~People who utilize the resources in the new monument boundaries or old monument boundaries. This includes gathering wood and plants, grazing, timber production, mining, surface mining and rockhounding, film production and professional photography, etc.
~~People who have private property inholdings or similar rights like water rights, grazing rights, mineral rights, etc.
~~People who recreate within new monument boundaries. This includes people who hunt or fish.
  • Send your letter to: Email: blm_ut_monticello_monuments@blm.gov
  • Mail: BLM, Canyon Country District Office, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, Utah 84532, Attention: Lance Porter  For further information concerning the land use planning process, please contact Lance Porter, District Manager at (435) 259-2100.













Response in the Petroglyph: “This smells a lot like the $500,000 dollars the Commission promised to the Discovery Center/Four Corners School. At the time it was said the Discovery center was going to bring in massive amounts tourists.
If the county wants to spend money how about picking up the bill for those who have spent years trying to keep access open to public lands. How about picking up the bill for the Recapture Protest, you could pay to fight the BLM over the 2009 raids, the fraudulent charges and $30,000 + thousand dollar fine two Blanding resident received for fixing part of a trail that was legal. How about supporting the citizens of San Juan County, instead of undermining everything they have worked for over the years.
This marketing campaign might be great for a private company but it is undermining everything the majority of citizens in the county have fought against with the monument.
The commission should have voted against it instead of endorsing. The full responsibility for this decision falls on the Commissioners.
But let's be honest this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone after the Four Corners School deal, the Nature Conservancy land sale, and many other backroom deals. Many that were addressed in the 2012 commission election and ever since but no one cared and now here we are again!”
Tim’s act of civil disobedience led to a legal battle. In the case of the U.S.A. vs. Tim DeChristopher, he faces penalties of up to 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.   While fighting the lawsuit, Tim co-founds a grass-roots group dedicated to defending a livable future through non-violent action and redefines patriotism for a new generation.”
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