Bear Essentials
--New
Bears Ears Organization was voted in this past week. After after
5 months of hard work the “No Monument” is getting organized. The official name of our group is Stewards of San Juan County.
The president is Jami
Bayles, Co-vice presidents are Suzette Morris and Ryan Benally, Secretary is
Eva Workman and Treasurer is Wendy Black.
Kim Henderson is north county out-reach rep. Once the group expands, those
willing to work can pick what committee they want to work on. Contact any of
the officers if you want to help. We
also encourage you to be good stewards whenever you are on the land, water, or
right at home. We will be organizing a
“clean up project” in the future to bring awareness stewardship.
-- Keep on speaking out
via Facebook, newspaper article commentary, twitter, etc. We need to keep
stirring things up. (This article wouldbe a good one to comment on:
Stewards of San Juan
County encourages everyone who is concerned about land issues to also start
participating in public meetings and giving input. We need to be better informed.
--Attend
Meetings, participate in discussions, write comments related to land use
1.
Nov. 3: meeting 5-7:30 Monticello Hideout Event Center. Forest Plan Revision Workshop. Will discuss all resource areas and
multiple use. Recommendations will be
completed Winter 2017. (What’s going on going on up on the mountain? Helicopters took bundles, load after load,
up there a couple weeks ago. We heard they were installing a "fiber optic
line." Construction equipment has also gone up there. I just saw more
heavy equipment, followed by two semis hauling pre-fab bathroom buildings.)
2. Due Nov. 11: Scoping comments related
to drilling wells in the Blanding sub-basin oil and gas development area. See p. 14 San Juan Record
3. Due
Nov. 14: Comments related to BLM
Jeep permits, and events. (See p. 4 of newest San Juan Record.)
Newest
videos from Sutherland Institute :
--Great
quote: A wealthy
man’s playground should never come at the expense of a working man’s home.
--This
video was created by Blanding City and discusses water. Another excellent view:
Facts
related to Comb Ridge.
Out of 17,400 Comb Ridge acres, the
state of Utah owns 1000 of those acres or 1.05%. The 391 acres sold to Lyman Family Farms is only
.02% percent of the total acreage of Comb Ridge, yet some folks don’t want to
share or compromise.
Most recent stories added came from Elmer Hurst and Steve Lovell. Steve wrote a great overview and plea for
Scouting on the Blue Mountain. It was in
the San Juan Record this week. I will attach a copy for you who don’t
subscribe. (You should, as they have an
electronic edition, Wed. of each week.)
