Nov. 13 -20 Bear Essentials
The results of this year’s election bodes well for Bears
Ears and hopefully for other states who are being threatened by National
Monuments. BUT I think it is important to keep writing Secretary Jewel, President
Obama, and the President elect, Donald Trump, as well as our elected officials. It doesn’t appear that the Federal BLM
Director’s e-mail is now working (Did you wear him out!?) State office shown
below.
--We’d encourage you
to write to the President Elect Donald Trump and share your concerns about
land management, or mismanagement. https://apply.ptt.gov/yourstory/
--Old tricks on old
trails: Blocking roads/trails intentionally? http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2016/11/10/extreme-greens-blockade-trails-deter-colorado-hunters-off-roaders/
--A national monument
is a heavy-handed solution for Bears Ears by Nathan Nielson
(Lots of opposing comments follow the article; your views
need to be heard as well.)
--Salt Lake Tribune
article “fuels” things up again: http://www.sltrib.com/news/4554899-155/energy-company-looking-to-strike-oil (If you want to see how nasty the opposition
is, go in and read the comments following this article. Some of us have done battle there, but we are
outnumbered. We need more active
participants. If that isn’t your style, then at least write to those who can
make a difference. Don’t stop now!)
--E-mail for the
State BLM Office: blm_ut_so_public_room@blm.gov
Sent tonight. Send
yours this week.
Director of Utah's BLM office:
Don't be misled by all
the hoopla and protests by environmentalists with deep pocketed friends who are
trying to macro manage San Juan County. (As reported by the Salt Lake Tribune.)
First they want 1.9 acres for a National Monument, and now they want to
control even land outside that designation. County residents cannot be
expected to always be the ones giving. Compromise is a must.
San Juan County needs
revenue which can potentially come from successful drilling or mining in our
county. Those royalties have helped to support our schools in the past. Only 8% of San Juan County’s 5,077,120 acres is
privately owned. We have already given up 35,033,603 acres to 13 different
national parks/monuments. Federal government owns/ runs/ manages 55.5% of
our state. Free enterprise must have a presence in this part of the
state. Don't back down.
--Ranchers in
Malheur County fight a proposed 2.5-million-acre national monument, which would
represent 40 percent of the county’s land base.
--Citizens must continue to remind our congressmen and
local newspapers of our concerns.
Representative Chaffetz: https://chaffetz.house.gov/contact/
Opinion letter: Cortez Sentinel: http://www.cortezjournal.com/section/Opinion/
Opinion letters: Moab Times: editor@moabtimes.com
(Most of what they’ve published is from the opposition –
help us out here, folks.)
--Friends in West
Virginia, Request our help.
I sent this to both Senators Hatch and Lee, & Rep.
Chaffetz today:
(In the process of actively fighting the proposed Bears Ears
National Monument, I've made friends in other states who are concerned about
similar designations. Two of these are
Randy and Kristen Sharp in W. Virginia.
They have been fighting the BIRTHPLACE
OF RIVERS NATIONAL MONUMENT in West Virginia since 2012. He wrote me today asking, "Do you think you could get your
representatives in congress to introduce a bill to do away with Presidential
Monuments and put those decisions in control of Congress to create them. It
would put more control in local hands and create a true discussion about the
facts. If we can't get it done in the next two years we may never get it
done. Randy.
I think this would be important legislation to initiate, and
return critical land decisions to "the people" instead of
Non-Governmental Organizations with power and money who influence presidents.)
