~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: Nov. 4, 2018~~ Last edition

I've been publishing this newsletter for 28 months and constraints on my time are such that this will be the last issue.  I can't keep going to bed at 2 AM!! The Beyond Bears Ears Blog will remain up and I will add links to current articles worth reading. There are also hundreds of links on the site if you need to reference anything from the past several years.  Otherwise, just go to Save the Bears Ears on Facebook.  Current needs and discussion will be there.  Thank you for your support during this long battle, which unfortunately isn't over.  Thank you for caring enough to stay informed and active in public lands issues.  Janet

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    ~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: Nov. 4, 2018

Happenings in the West

~~Amy Irvine’s New View of Desert Solitaire by E. Abby

~~Rural Business Summit for SE Utah in Price Nov. 9:
San Juan County Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Freelancers, Students, and Community Leaders:

“Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox will be the Keynote Speaker followed by interactive training sessions and business breakouts. Take advantage of the networking opportunities and browse our business exhibit booths. Enjoy a catered lunch along with a presentation by Derek Miller of the Salt Lake Chamber. Gain insights and best practices in rural employment as you listen to our business resource panel. And hear from our closing Keynote Speaker Vale Hale, Executive Director at Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Those concerned about growth, economy, and the future should attend.”

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For More Information

n  Phil Lyman: Position on Federal Land Management

n  Plea To Senator Hatch:  Save us from Antiquities Act

n  Navajo Nation Calls GREEN ENERGY CAMPAIGN A ‘SLAP IN THE FACE’

n  More Investigations Concerning “Monumental Campaign”

n  Information On Utah Ballot Propositions

n  Need more Info on Judges before You Vote?

n  Help Support Phil Lyman’s Campaign for State Representative

n  Trump Signs Measure to Roll Back Harmful Water Regulations

                                                                                                          

n  San Juan County Accused of Racism in Politics

n  Mark Maryboy, the Man Fighting to Save the West?

n  Marsha Holland: Backed by Green Out-of-State Money

“The majority of Holland’s contributions are from the Salt Lake Valley, which is generally more liberal than southern Utah. And interestingly, her donations are also from supporters in Chevy Chase, Maryland, San Francisco and Berkeley, California, Boulder and  Durango, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, and locations in states including Arizona New Jersey, Connecticut, Alabama, Ohio and Oregon.”

“With these out-of-district, out-of-state contributions, Holland’s campaign has outraised Republican favorite, Phil Lyman, by at least a multiple of 4. By contrast, Lyman, a southeastern Utah native and Commissioner in San Juan County, has received contributions exclusively from within the state, from individuals in his hometown of Blanding, as well as a handful of conservative political interests in Salt Lake City.”

n  Turning a Win-Win Public Lands Compromise into a Loss for Americans

n  Forest Service Decision Results in Catastrophic Fires

n  Calf. Democrat Will Further Degrade Antiquities-Historic Site

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n Read Past Editions of Bear Essentials

Documenting Bears Ears Controversy and Public Land Issues since July 2016

~~ Bear Essentials ~February 11, 2018~~

v San Juan County friends: you are urgently needed tomorrow Monday, Feb. 12th at 5:30 PM for a town hall hosted by Representative John Curtis. This is your opportunity ask those hard questions you’ve been complaining about related to H.R. 4532.  Even though the monument has been reduced substantially, there are questionable items included.  Meet at the Hideout Community Center in Monticello.  5:30-7:00 PM       Car pool if possible.

v Comments to the Forest Service Need to be sent in by Feb. 12

Linda Patterson: ”I found a better map. Apparently all of Elk Ridge and the Blue Mountain are being assessed for wilderness designation. The scary part about this for ranchers is: that when they created the Dark Canyon Wilderness they eliminated grazing in that area. Here is the map link https://www.fs.usda.gov/.../FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd547675.pdf “

Without your voice the Green Swamp Will Continue to Grow  

Email John Curtis  https://curtis.house.gov/contact/email

Good News Bears

n  U.S. Forest Service asking for feedback Deadline this week

n  Jim Stiles Replies to High Country News

n  House Committee Hears Testimony from Utah Regarding Shash Jaa’

n  Rep. Mike Noel’s Bill Creates Review Process for Fed. Destinations

n  Hopis and Navajos Concerned about Closure of Page Coal Fired Plant

“Dwight Lomaintewa, who lives in the Hopi village of Mishongnovi, said the 65-mile (104 kilometer) daily drive to Peabody Energy's Kayenta Mine is well worth it. A steady job means his family can stay on the reservation and his children can learn the language and traditions, the 33-year-old said.

Myron Richardson, a 42-year-old Navajo welder, said he was fortunate to get a job at the mine after being away from home for construction jobs. If the power plant and mine close, he said he'd likely have to move, and his children's cultural lessons with their grandfather would cease.”

n  Colorado Citizens Hope to Recall Commissioner Controlled by Environmental Lobby

A county commissioner’s poor job performance and conflicts of interest have spurred a group of concerned citizens in La Plata County, Colorado to launch a local recall effort. Calling itself the La Plata Liberty Coalition, the group is busy gathering recall petition signatures with the hopes of ousting Commissioner, Gwen Lachelt.

n Montana Senator Writes Resolution supporting Justice for Western Ranchers  “WHEREAS, A seventeen page whistleblowing letter, released by the federal government’s lead investigator (Special Agent Larry Wooten) in the Nevada standoff case, cited multiple cover ups within the federal agencies and a “widespread pattern of bad judgment, lack of discipline, incredible bias, unprofessionalism and misconduct, as well as likely policy, ethical and legal violations among senior and supervisory staff”

n  Colorado Citizens Call for Water Rights Reexamination

n  Be Good Stewards of the Land as Sportmen  Sec. Zinke sets the pace

n  BLM works on Reshuffling the Swamp.  Good?   Or Bad?

n  Petition to Free the Hammonds.  Your Support is needed

n  Zinke Promises to Fire Nat’l Park Personnel for Harassment

n  Finicum Passengers File Suit Against BIA and County

 

Bad News Bears

n  Mineral Restrictions Continue in Bears Ears Country But there’s no Boom

n  Environmental Hype Falls Flat: No one shows up!

n  Who are the Big Players in the Anti-Livestock Lobby?  And WHY?

n  Hammonds Imprisoned and Denied Grazing Rights by BLM

n  Patagonia’s Public Lands Campaign Focused on Subsidizing Elite Industrial Tourism

n Uranium One Clinton Deal Allowed by FBI Director: Robert Mueller

n  Back Story of The Grand Old Broads

n  If pro-monument advocates can’t control themselves to not illegally vandalize Utah’s public buildings, paid for by your tax dollars, WHO KNOWS what type of desecration they have in mind for Bears Ears.... This happened at the Utah State Capitol Feb. 10!

n Horse Shoe Bend Will Never Be the Same:  Good or Bad?

n  Hysteria abounds: Gold Rush- Style Land Grab on Bears Ears?

n  San Juan Record Disproves the Alarmists: No Uranium boom!

          

Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest

v Utah Lawmakers Urge Support for Escalante Nat’l Park

v Another new Idea:  What about Disaster Relief Homesteading?

v Help Support Free Range Report – Truth in the West

v Drought Conditions in San Juan; please continue to pray for snow!

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                     Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016

~~ 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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                                     Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016