Unrest in the West, Bear Essentials May 18, 2019

News in San Juan County, Utah and the Rest of the West

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~~State Rep. Coleman Seeks to Bring Back Bill for Splitting Counties 

~~Spanish Valley: Potential Development  with Problems  Moab Sun Times

~~Comm. Maryboy Promotes Moratorium on Spanish Valley Development

~~ Gate Way Community Planned for East Side of Zions Park

~~Deaths in Zions Park and Other Sites in the West

~~ Bears Advisory Board Meeting June 5-6, First public meeting

~~Utah State Code Regarding County Government

~~SITLA's Involvement with Spanish Valley Development

~~Truck Stop Will Comply With Dark Skies Request in Spanish Valley 

4th grader in Syracuse Learns about San Juan County

~~Protest March May 18: Uranium Mill  Moab Sun Times

~~ Thieves Steal Artifacts from Danger Cave

~~ What's Behind the Anti-Animal Agriculture Movement

"The anti-animal agriculture narrative and plant-based diet agenda combines political ideology and commercial interests. This “movement” is insidious, unsavoury, and cannot be ignored by those who value liberty and consumer choice."  Free Range Report

~~Crowding in Nat'l Parks Brings Plan for Timed Entry for Visits to Arches

~~Another Version of Pehrson/ Everitt County Admin. story  Moab Sun Times

~~ Babylon Allotment: Co-management or Co-Negligence?

"Our purpose in publishing Part I of this revealing history of the Babylon Allotment is to bring scrutiny to what appears to be a pattern of mismanagement by a coalition of the Grand Canyon Trust (GCT), a well-moneyed left-wing environmentalist group funded primarily by Swiss billionaire, Hansjorg Wyss, and the Ute Mountain Tribal Council (UMTC). It appears that the nearby Gooseberry Allotment, along with grazing allotments within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), are also held by GTC.

Our research into the Babylon Allotment management file has been intensive, and we believe these records will serve to either prove or disprove the veracity of the “co-management” narrative that has repeatedly been used to justify Utah’s million-acre federal land grabs. What we have uncovered in the Babylon Allotment file paints an unflattering picture of a dysfunctional relationship between two entities who give lip service to the idea of co-managing these important lands and resources, but are doing more to harm the environment than good. Furthermore, these entities went to the trouble of formulating a contract with the federal government to co-management Forest Service grazing allotments, but there is strong evidence that they have failed repeatedly to fulfill the terms of the contract."  Free Range Report