DOI Faces Future Without Zinke -- Bear Essentials

Opinions 12-19-18

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Rob Bishop and Sean Reyes are on Sec. Interior Short List
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America is at a Rubicon Moment in History by By Michael Shannon

(Allusion:  "crossing the rubicon": Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon river was an event in 49 BC that precipitated the Roman Civil War, which ultimately led to Caesar becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome. ... Today, the phrase "crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom that means to pass a point of no return.)
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ZviDance will present the world premiere of Bears Ears in NYC

~~ Rollbacks proposed on Excessive EPA Water Regulation

~~ EcoWatch Screams, while Miners with Leases Go to Work 150,000 Acres of Public Lands Available Near Utah National Parks

~~ Benefits of EPA Reduction of Water Restrictions 
  "This means that hardworking Americans will spend less time and money determining whether they need a federal permit and more time growing crops, building homes, modernizing infrastructure, creating jobs and improving the lives of their fellow citizens."

~~ Sean Reyes and Rob Bishop on "short List' for Zinke Replacement

~~ Coal Production Up

     Varying News Reports on Zinke's Resignation

~~Washington Post:   "Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House on Saturday, facing intense pressure to step down because of multiple probes tied to his real estate dealings in his home state of Montana and his conduct in office."

~~ Zinke to leave at End of Year: CNN  "Some possible contenders for his position include Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller, who lost his re-election race, sources with knowledge of the situation said.

Zinke said in a statement on Saturday that he was proud of his work as interior secretary and called the allegations against him "false."

~~ New York Times Editorial Attacks Zinke "The New York Times ripped outgoing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Saturday as a cheerleader for President Donald Trump’s “boneheaded” policy of “energy dominance.” The editorial noted that Zinke is leaving his job under the shadow of an” impressive number” — 15 — “ethics investigations.”

~~Pelosi Promises Tougher Gun Laws

~~ Why Wyss plans to buy $1 Billion in land to Save the Planet

       Response from Ben Burr: "You’ll notice that all of the land he plans to buy is in developing countries. This is just the latest instance of imperious Europeans colonizing the planet at the expense of indigenous peoples. History will be just as kind to Mr. Wyss as it has been to Columbus, Cortez, and Custer." 
Hansjörg Wyss was born in Switzerland, founded the medical device company Synthes and          now lives in Wyoming.

~~Wyss and Companies:  Bad to the Bone  2012 investigation 
"The company repeatedly ignored evidence of potential lethal consequences. Interviews with more than 20 former employees and surgeons involved in the Norian project, hundreds of pages of court transcripts, and company documents submitted in the case reveal that Synthes not only disregarded multiple warnings that it was flouting the rules, but also brushed off scientists’ cautions that the cement could cause fatal blood clots."

~~ Back Pack Grand Gulch with Conservation Lands Foundation $2600 in April 2019

"A portion of the trip costs goes to support the Conservation Lands Foundation's efforts to defend America's National Conservation Lands, including Bears Ears National Monument, while building and empowering the Friends Grassroots Network to protect them for the future. "

~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: April 30, 2018~~

v   Type in Address to Find Your Commissioner Voting District

Attention citizens in San Juan County District 3--  Rebecca Benally and Kenneth Maryboy are the only two candidates running for commissioner in this district. Both are running as Democrats in the primaries, and there is no Republican candidate. If you’re registered as a Republican the ONLY viable way you can vote is to request a democratic ballot for the primaries.  Please contact Janet Wilcox 678-2851 or respond to this e-mail Before May 4 if you’re willing to do this!  Rebecca has gone out on a limb multiple times to help us in the Bears Ears fight.  She needs our support NOW in getting reelected! 

  

v SPEAR Meeting Tues. May 1 Monticello Court House 7 PM

Anyone who has an interest in maintaining their access to public lands is invited to attend. This includes not only ATV riders, but also jeepers, hikers, bikers, and others. Spear is an organization that not only builds and maintains trails, but fights to insure your public access rights are not denied 

v Dr. Mike Kennedy, candidate for Utah senator will be in Monticello May 22, 7 PM at the Hideout.  Get your questions ready.

v John Curtis video on Utah issues, including Bears Ears

n  President Trump Signs Antiquities Ex. Order April 26

The Antiquities Act does not give the federal government unlimited power to lock up millions of acres of land and water, and it is time we ended this abusive practice.  This executive order will end this egregious abuse of federal power, and give that power back to the states and to the people, where it belongs.

n  Phil Lyman Runs for Utah House of Representatives

n  Chris Herrod Running Again for US House of Representatives

n  Commissioner Benally Active in Promoting Positive Changes

n  What’s Happened to DOI Execs since Zinke’s Swamp Draining

n  US President and Vice President Speak : Role of states and public lands/ accomplishments for this administration.

n  Rebecca Benally Appointed to Tribal Treasury Advisory Board

n  Maffley Again:  Did SJC Orchestrate Charges Against Chilcoat as Relatiation?

n  Free Range Report’s take on the case: Poor Me Defense

n  Wild Earth, et al, Continue to Promote Recreation Over Jobs

n  Robert Redford Opines on Scott Pruitt of EPA

n  Senators Protest Zinke/ President Trumps Resizing of Bears Ears

n  Patagonia’s View of Bears Ears

n  Are Anti-fracking/ drilling Groups Acting as Agents for Russia?

n  Dine’ Bikeyah Appeals to United Nations to Solve Local Problems

n  “History” Review Promotes Fallacies, Bigotry and Name Calling

n  Arrow to the Heart: The Custer Battlefield Museum vs the Fed. Gov
                 Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest                                               

v The Transformation of Arches National Park; Other Pending Trends in Grand County

v Public Lands: The Looming Catastrophe

http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/

            Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016                                                                    

Fie on groups Using and Abusing federal $ to Suck the Life out of Rural Communities

Letter to: National Parks Service 12/ 20/ 2017 

National Parks and Monuments have been the victims of poor management, and inadequate budget allocation for decades. Far too much of the DOI funding has been spent on EPA speculation, research, and over spending, on both the state and federal levels. Funds that should have been used to actually maintain existing park "environment" have instead been wasted on frivolous studies and lawsuits, involving sage grouse, turtles, birds, etc. It's time that the DOI takes back its role in managing actual land, water, its resources, and possibilities for multiple use. If wisely utilized the land, timber, and minerals could actually generate money. 

Public lands and those who use them, should generate part of this financial backlog; however, a bigger question is, how much has been spent paying lawyers who make life miserable for Western states and counties? The curse of litigation provides little benefit to real people who live in the West, nor the land they live by. It only spends more and more government money, while maintenance of parks and facilities degenerate more each year. Fie on the so called green friendly groups and their grants and lawsuits, who use and abuse federal money to suck the life out of rural communities and surrounding public lands
Hopefully, you can rectify this mire of neglect, and the excess of litigation.
   Janet Wilcox

~~ Bear Essentials ~ Dec. 25, 2017 ~~

Did Santa Make it Past the Windmills?

Good News Bears

n  Testimony on Dirty Dealings  “In Federal Lands Committee Hearings last week, former Utah Governor, Mike Leavitt, recounted the ruthless and deceptive process by which President Bill Clinton created the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in 1996. (See video in next link – very incriminating)

n  Video of Committee Hearing, Testimonies by Rob Bishop and Mike Leavitt

n  Rob Bishop Confronts Patagonia and False Narratives

n  Controversy and Confusion over Oil Exploration in BE area San Juan Record

n  Interview with Eva Ewald on Bears Ears, after it was Trumped KSJD, Cortez

n  Reducing Antiquities Act Land Grabs  A great article with good facts  “President Obama designated the 1,351,849-acre Bears Ears NM three weeks before leaving office, largely to make still more energy, mineral and other resources off limits to exploration and development. He too did so without prior consultation with Utah’s governor, congressional delegation or residents. Offshore marine national monuments now total 760 million acres – 7-1/2 times the size of California!”

n  How Ticaboo got pulled into the Uranium Russian scandal

n  First Hearing on Escalante National Monument

n  Can Compromise Replace Conflicts in Bears Ears Resizing? Janet Wilcox

n  DOI Reverses Job Killing Mining Restrictions in Minnesota

n  Looking for a Financial Fix for National Parks and Monuments Judy Fahys

 

Bad News Bears

n  Judge Shelby sets new voting districts, splitting Blanding 3 ways

n  Boston Globe says Pres. Trump Assaults Mother Nature

n  Did you know You were part of a “Dark Campaign” to destroy Nat’l Monuments?  Did any of you get any financial rewards, or $?  Me neither!

n  Oil and Gas Regulators Controlled by Trump Agenda?

n  Congressional debates on New National Park in Utah

n  Environmentalist says Bears Ears and GSENM have chance in Court

Many falsehoods in this video, be sure to go in and comment

n  Federal Land Grabs via NMs Can Starve America

n  Five Tribes file Law Suit over Resizing of Utah Monuments Video

n  Bend Oregon Group, Bent on Protecting Mammoth Monuments

v   Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest

v  Interactive Map showing National Monument Boundary Changes

v Future of Power Plant on the Navajo Reservation

v Remember when Bears Ears Territory was too Protected? Jim Stiles

v Burning of the Bears in Bluff Joe Pachek art for Winter Solstice

v U of U Workshop on Environmental Racism Jan. 17

                                                            

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 http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/          

                     Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016