*March 14 Wallace Stegner Center Symposium:
A few of the Red Flag topics and presenters: The Dynamic
West: Economic & Demographic Change
Ray Rasker, Headwaters Economics; 12:50 p.m.
Ray Rasker, Headwaters Economics; 12:50 p.m.
Thursday:
12:30 Utah’s Monumental Controversy: Revisiting the Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument
John Ruple, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Moderator)
Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Constance E. Brooks, C.E. Brooks & Associates, P.C.
Nicole Croft, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
John Ruple, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Moderator)
Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Constance E. Brooks, C.E. Brooks & Associates, P.C.
Nicole Croft, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
2:45 p.m. – Sage Grouse Conservation: The
Challenge of Multi-Jurisdictional Planning
*Who Speaks for the Colorado Plateau? High Country News
Is
“the role of environmental groups is to save the Colo; Plateau FROM
the
people who live there?"
(Vint DeGraw has posted several clarifications in San Juan
Political Debate: Scroll)
*Stay in Contact with 3rd District Representative: John Curtis https://curtis.house.gov/contact/email
*Stay in Contact with 3rd District Representative: John Curtis https://curtis.house.gov/contact/email
"Grazing allotments in the monuments are not just land,
they are the linchpin of the Western ranching community. The Farm Bureaus’
member ranching families manage the natural resources on these lands for both
their livelihood and wildlife."
Zinke’s page is a good FB site to follow, as there is much
going on in DOI, and lots of opinions.
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BLM Should Move West Nevada Appeal
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Top Stories of 2017 in the Four Corners Four Corners Free
Press
“These days, [The
Dept. of] Interior spends over $200 million a year buying land. That raises the
perennial question: how much is enough? The government already owns 635 million
acres, almost a third of the United States. That includes 250 million acres of
BLM, 193 million acres of national forests, 84 million acres of national parks,
and 150 million acres of wildlife refuges. And as the maintenance backlog
demonstrates, the government cannot begin to manage it all.”
Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest
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Documenting
Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016