Remember what we’re fighting for
Graphic Design by Mark Bradford
“This will be our Best Chance to Make a Difference. . . Something as important as this deserves our best efforts.” Joe B. Lyman
----Feb. 25 is the deadline for final comments related to the
county planning survey http://sanjuancountyplan.org/
You can make comments on any of the specific categories that concern you
--If you have
even the least inclination to do so, write and let your voice be heard. We must support State and County Rights and management
of public lands. The media is being
inundated by radical lefties from the “progressive” environmental community. Counteract
their falsehoods. In the Moab paper
alone there were 3 such articles this week. I know it’s happening in every
state with rural areas. Step up, gather
your facts, write, edit, and send. Just a handful of people cannot do it all. If you need information, look at my blog there
are ideas there to utilize in some way: https://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/
The article under
“Good News Bears” also has good data to use.
--Newspapers
to write to: Include your name and contact information
·
Cortez Journal:
news@cortezjournal.com
·
Deseret News:
letters@deseretnews.com
·
Emery County Progress:
editor@ecpross.cgreom
·
Four Corners Free Press:
freepress@fone.net
·
Navajo Times:
editor@navajotimes.com
·
New York Times:
letters@nytimes.com/editor
·
Price Sun Advocate:
editor@sunad.com
·
Salt Lake Tribune:
letters@sltrib.com
·
San Juan Record:
sjrnews@frontiernet.net
·
skiggins@thespectrum.com
·
Southern Utah News: sunews@kanab.net
·
Moat Times Independent: editor@moabtimes.com
- Grand
Junction: http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/submit_letter
--If
you have not already done so, email our elected officials, letting them know
you appreciate their efforts and remind them of the importance of State Sovereignty
and our desire to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument designation. On each email,, PLEASE 'cc' Stewards of San Juan at
SOS@stewardsofsanjuan.org. We will compile
all emails sent and will be able to show the amount of support to anyone that
says otherwise. Thank you!!
Starting
Tuesday Feb. 21, we encourage you to call our beleaguered Congressmen and
elected officials. We need to let them
know how we are supporting them. They continue to be attacked by those who
think “you can buy anything with money.”
Governor
Gary R. Herbert
constituentservices@utah.gov
constituentservices@utah.gov
801-538-1000
Utah
Senator Mike Lee
mike_lee@lee.senate.gov
mike_lee@lee.senate.gov
(202) 224-5444
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch
(202) 224-5251
john_tanner@hatch.senate.gov
(this is his Chief of Staff who delivers messages to Hatch
john_tanner@hatch.senate.gov
(this is his Chief of Staff who delivers messages to Hatch
Utah
Congressman Jason Chaffetz
Chaffetz@gmail.com
Chaffetz@gmail.com
202) 225-7751
House
Speaker Greg Hughes
greghughes@le.utah.gov
greghughes@le.utah.gov
Lieutenant
Governor Spencer Cox
spencercox@utah.gov
spencercox@utah.gov
New
State BLM Director:
Edwin Roberson
Share some of your specific concerns,
and your love of the land with him.
He’s new and doesn’t know much about San
Juan from “real” people
801-539-4010
Good
News Bears
“Public policy should never be made in
response to boycotts and threats, especially when it won’t have any real
impact. [i.e. Outdoor Retailers]
Utah will still have a strong outdoor
economy. Tourists will still come. We’ll have a stronger energy economy. We
will protect Bears Ears. We are protecting and will continue to protect Utah’s
iconic land and landscapes. We will continue to collaborate with the federal
government, which certainly has a role in public land management.”
The outdoor retailers say they are leaving
Utah because we don’t care about our public lands. Here is a list of items put
together by the Governor’s Office outlining Utah’s commitment to public lands:
§
Utah
has the largest active watershed and wildlife habitat restoration program
in the United States. The
Utah Legislature has partnered with local hunters and the federal government to
invest approximately $14 million annually for conservation, and we have
restored more than 1.3 million acres since 2005. As of 2016, nearly 500
agencies, organizations, and individuals had contributed to these projects
through funding or in-kind assistance.
§
There
are currently 253 additional conservation projects underway, which include the
rehabilitation and restoration of more than 265,000 acres. Six current and three proposed
projects (over 9,000 acres in total) are within the new Bears Ears National
Monument area. Another 139 projects and 185,000 acres have been proposed for
treatment.
--House Oversight pushes
for probe of ethics breaches, possible crimes of BLM bully Dan Love
The
investigation of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agent, Dan Love, has been
ongoing and complex. With a history of complaints against Love of bullying,
overly-aggressive tactics, ethics violations, and now, tampering, lies,
and cover-ups, it appears that the most infamous figure in
recent BLM history is now under the scrutiny of Congress’
most powerful investigative arm. The House Oversight Committee, headed by
Jason Chaffetz, cites extremely serious, potentially-criminal activities,
that go beyond Love’s ethics breaches related to the Burning Man controversy of
2015, or his extreme mishandling of the Operation
Cerberus and Bundy Ranch cases. Love’s possible criminal activities include; destruction
of federal records, witness tampering, and obstruction of a congressional
investigation. Read More
Bad News
Bears
“The environmental activists protesting the Dakota Access
Pipeline have created such an “ecological disaster” at their protest camp that
the North Dakota governor has ordered an emergency evacuation. When thousands of protesters gathered at the
Oceti Sakowin camp to protest the pipeline left in December, they left behind
enough trash to fill up 2,500 pickup trucks, LifeZette is reporting.
The activists were there for months, first arriving in April to
protest the pipeline’s construction. Their objection that a peak or spill could
contaminate nearby waterways. But it appears their own protests have
jeopardized the environment far more than any pipeline.” Read more
--A Look
at the Opposition: An group called the Resources
Legacy Fund
(www.resourceslegacyfund.org/<http://www.resourceslegacyfund.org/>) Is
pouring money into the Bears Ears National Monument with funding largely
provided by:
* The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
* Wyss Foundation
* Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
* Wilburforce Foundation
The money pot being used for the purpose is called the Bears Ears National
Monument Community Engagement Fund at Resources Legacy Fund.
(For e-mail recipients) I'll attached the Resources Legacy Fund's Consolidated Financial
Statements for the years 2015 and 2014 so that you can see what kind of money we are talking
about here. I hope someone will dissect it and write an article related to the millions used, to fund such things, probably at taxpayer’s expense.
Consider this is in in combination with previous foundation funding, and factoring in the number of outdoor equipment manufacturers that are announcing boycotting of the semi-annual outdoor show in Salt Lake City in protest of the opposition to the Bears Ears National Monument and we can see how critically important BENM is to the environmental/progressive community as a whole. Bears Ears is sizing up as the linchpin of the day for the public lands battle between the left “progressives” and the citizens of the rural American west. This explains their goals. http://resourceslegacyfund.org/programs/bears-ears-fund/
(www.resourceslegacyfund.org/<http://www.resourceslegacyfund.org/>) Is
pouring money into the Bears Ears National Monument with funding largely
provided by:
* The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
* Wyss Foundation
* Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
* Wilburforce Foundation
The money pot being used for the purpose is called the Bears Ears National
Monument Community Engagement Fund at Resources Legacy Fund.
(For e-mail recipients) I'll attached the Resources Legacy Fund's Consolidated Financial
Statements for the years 2015 and 2014 so that you can see what kind of money we are talking
about here. I hope someone will dissect it and write an article related to the millions used, to fund such things, probably at taxpayer’s expense.
Consider this is in in combination with previous foundation funding, and factoring in the number of outdoor equipment manufacturers that are announcing boycotting of the semi-annual outdoor show in Salt Lake City in protest of the opposition to the Bears Ears National Monument and we can see how critically important BENM is to the environmental/progressive community as a whole. Bears Ears is sizing up as the linchpin of the day for the public lands battle between the left “progressives” and the citizens of the rural American west. This explains their goals. http://resourceslegacyfund.org/programs/bears-ears-fund/
The attack is mounting because the
adversary has millions to put into this campaign against truth. We only have
agency and truth to fortify us. Stay Informed, write and call often. Encourage
others to do so also. Share this e-mail
with others. Thank you for all you have done and your
commitment to help. If you can’t
help, let me know and I’ll take you off this email group. I only have room for 500, and we need
warriors.
