Bear Essentials Dec. 4, 2016

Bear Necessities:  Dec. 4-10

**Actions needed for this week if we want to stop the environmental lobby momentum:

Request from Senator Mike Lee’s Office:  They need all of us to participate in a massive phone calling campaign starting this week. All calls need to be made on on Mondays and Fridays to light up our cause and bump us up to a priority issue.

"No Monument Monday" starts tomorrow!! Followed by Fone-a-thon Fridays”
Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 between the hours of 7am - 3 pm MST to leave a comment AND leave the same comment online at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Possible script (or you can personalize it as you see fit):
"Hello, my name is _____ and I am a resident of Blanding, Utah. I am calling to express my strong opposition to the proposed Bears Ears National Monument in San Juan County, and I would like to ask President Obama to refrain from designating this monument by Executive Order. I stand with our elected city, county, and Utah's ENTIRE elected congressional delegation, as well as the two local tribes, in opposing this monument. Please, President Obama, we urge you, DO NOT move forward with this monument designation in the last few weeks of your administration. Please, do not put politics over the local people, small as we may seem, We are truly are the ones who will be hurt by this monument designation. Thank you."

**Second priority action:  

Write letters to these three key people.  We have never written to #2 and #3 before, so this is a new strategy suggested by the Senator’s office.

President Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Call to comment: 202-456-1111
wrote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Christy Goldfuss, Chair
Council on Environmental Quality
722 Jackson Place NW
Washington, DC 20503
Email: chair@ceq.eop.gov

Brian Deese, Senior Energy Advisor
Department of Energy
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500

Reading for the week:

--National monuments should not be one-man shows, must include local input

--Trade reforms promise big benefits for Utah ranchers, farmers

--Follow the money trail in the Environmental Campaign

Montana Author, Dave Skinner shows how Monumental Megabucks skew the truth.  Open attached files on e-mail if link doesn't work.

--Can Mountain Bikers Save Bears Ears?