Showing posts with label NY Times at Gold Butte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NY Times at Gold Butte. Show all posts

Thursday, August 3, 2017

~~ Bear Essentials ~ August 3, 2017

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Our goal to bring more attention to the opposition of the Bears Ears Monument and government overreach of western public lands. We also seek to honor our unique lifestyles, our cultural and cherished traditional uses, and the recreational opportunities that the land has to offer.
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San Juan County Issues and Information:
*Fox 5 Interview with Ryan Zinke  Listen and Learn
July 30 Comments by Commissioner Lyman:This video provides some valuable insight into Secretary Zinke's monument ideology: The key points to emphasize are that Bears Ears Monument does more harm than good to archeology; that the size is not appropriate to the "object" being supposedly protected; that the items mentioned in the proclamation were not unique, i.e. dark skies, mule deer, chipmunks, etc.
I am concerned that our Washington politicians, and the governor, say one thing when they are here in San Juan, and another behind closed doors with the secretary.  I'm pleased that Bears Ears has been the symbolic question to determine where leaders stand on matters of public land and multiple use. It would be a good time for us to reiterate our love for this land and our insistence that the monument be rescinded. Controversy has been the only thing keeping us from being swallowed whole. 
[I think it is a good time also to commend Governor Herbert for not cowing down to the Outdoor Retailers Association.
      Phone: 801-538-1000;
                        Contact: https://gocentral.utah.gov/Request/Contact?response=false ]
Since they choose to make their exit about Bears Ears, we have an opportunity to keep the monument in play. Ours is not a message of contention but we can't allow false narratives to dominate the discussion. We can win in this final push but now is the time to get our message heard.”

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~~NY Times Visits Gold Butte in Nevada This week, we visit three national monuments (more than two dozen are under review by the Trump administration and could be made smaller and opened to logging and mining): Gold Butte in Nevada (below), Bears Ears in Utah and Berryessa Snow Mountain in California.

~~National Geographic Visits Bears Ears: Trump’s National Monument Rethink
~~Road Trip to Four Corners  Nat’l Geographic
~~SJHS Grad: Jennifer VanReenan Ing speaks:  Facts about Bears Ears NM


Good News Bears

n  Monuments DO NOT mean Local Benefits  (Healthy Forests

Companies selling outdoor gear lobby endlessly for more federal wilderness—subsidized by the taxpayer:  Wall Street Journal

n  Nevada FB Group: It Matters How You Stand Coverage on Zinke visit

  Bad News Bears

n  Beware of “Push Polls” and “Slanted Surveys”

n  Center for Western Priorities Targets Zinke

n  The Russian connection that should worry us: Russia ‘Colludes’ With US Green Groups to Block Fracking

n  More than you probably wanted to know about Patagonia's founder

n  So long, Good-Bye, Your loss is our gain.  Video from Outdoor Industry Ass.
(George Soros and Wyss foundations)
n  OP-Ed in the Spectrum: Let’s talk about Bears Ears
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                                     Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016