~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: Nov. 4, 2018~~ Last edition

I've been publishing this newsletter for 28 months and constraints on my time are such that this will be the last issue.  I can't keep going to bed at 2 AM!! The Beyond Bears Ears Blog will remain up and I will add links to current articles worth reading. There are also hundreds of links on the site if you need to reference anything from the past several years.  Otherwise, just go to Save the Bears Ears on Facebook.  Current needs and discussion will be there.  Thank you for your support during this long battle, which unfortunately isn't over.  Thank you for caring enough to stay informed and active in public lands issues.  Janet

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    ~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: Nov. 4, 2018

Happenings in the West

~~Amy Irvine’s New View of Desert Solitaire by E. Abby

~~Rural Business Summit for SE Utah in Price Nov. 9:
San Juan County Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Freelancers, Students, and Community Leaders:

“Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox will be the Keynote Speaker followed by interactive training sessions and business breakouts. Take advantage of the networking opportunities and browse our business exhibit booths. Enjoy a catered lunch along with a presentation by Derek Miller of the Salt Lake Chamber. Gain insights and best practices in rural employment as you listen to our business resource panel. And hear from our closing Keynote Speaker Vale Hale, Executive Director at Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Those concerned about growth, economy, and the future should attend.”

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For More Information

n  Phil Lyman: Position on Federal Land Management

n  Plea To Senator Hatch:  Save us from Antiquities Act

n  Navajo Nation Calls GREEN ENERGY CAMPAIGN A ‘SLAP IN THE FACE’

n  More Investigations Concerning “Monumental Campaign”

n  Information On Utah Ballot Propositions

n  Need more Info on Judges before You Vote?

n  Help Support Phil Lyman’s Campaign for State Representative

n  Trump Signs Measure to Roll Back Harmful Water Regulations

                                                                                                          

n  San Juan County Accused of Racism in Politics

n  Mark Maryboy, the Man Fighting to Save the West?

n  Marsha Holland: Backed by Green Out-of-State Money

“The majority of Holland’s contributions are from the Salt Lake Valley, which is generally more liberal than southern Utah. And interestingly, her donations are also from supporters in Chevy Chase, Maryland, San Francisco and Berkeley, California, Boulder and  Durango, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, and locations in states including Arizona New Jersey, Connecticut, Alabama, Ohio and Oregon.”

“With these out-of-district, out-of-state contributions, Holland’s campaign has outraised Republican favorite, Phil Lyman, by at least a multiple of 4. By contrast, Lyman, a southeastern Utah native and Commissioner in San Juan County, has received contributions exclusively from within the state, from individuals in his hometown of Blanding, as well as a handful of conservative political interests in Salt Lake City.”

n  Turning a Win-Win Public Lands Compromise into a Loss for Americans

n  Forest Service Decision Results in Catastrophic Fires

n  Calf. Democrat Will Further Degrade Antiquities-Historic Site

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~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: Sept 22, 2018 ~~

Life in the West

Ø Make Sure You’re Registered to Vote!  If you’re new in town, or have changed houses, you need to fill out a registration form and get it to the court house PDQ.

   Call 678-2851 or 678-2474 if you need a form

 

Ø Meditations on Industrial Tourism

“Draw a boundary around a landscape, give it a national monument or park designation, and slap a name on it, and you’ve reduced something indescribable and wondrous to a brand, a slogan, a commodity to be marketed to the masses. Impose upon it a bunch of rules, entry fees, campgrounds, and designated trails, and you take away a freedom that is inherent to the place.”

Ø The Bureau of Land Management will hold 3 public meetings as part of the land use planning related to the new Bears Ears Monument.  See article on the right.

Ø One Source of Public Lands Funding Expires in Sept.

n  Deadline for Comments On Uranium Mill/ Energy Fuels Extended

  Addresses for writing Due Sept. 25

n  Get Phil Lyman Elected: You Can Help

n  Governor Herbert Believes Utah Can Better Manage Forests

n  Sec. Zinke to visit Zions Park 9/24/18  Looking at “Deferred Maintainance”

n  Should Las Vegas Pump Water It Doesn’t Own?

n  Political/ Geographic Divide Hurts Public Lands

“Casey Snider, Bishop's former legislative director and a volunteer firefighter, said status quo management of the forests will only lead to more catastrophic wildfires.

"When it comes to fire, you are either going to graze it, log it or burn it out on public lands," Snider said. "The idea that everything is fine if we just do nothing is completely, factually inaccurate."

n  Environmentalists Protest Sale of Public Lands for Oil/Gas Development

n  High Country News Questions SJC Promotion

n  Trump’s Attack on Public Lands Could Help Demo Mid Term Elections

n  Alliance for Better Utah Promoting Tourism

n  Alliance For a Better Utah Intent on Smearing San Juan County

Recent Letter Sent to a Constituent by Alliance for a Better Utah: 

Things are running amuck in San Juan County.

San Juan County Clerk, John David Nielson, doctored election documents to keep Navajo community leader and County Council candidate, Willie Grayeyes, off November’s ballot. This is another incident in a long line of either rampant incompetence or active voter suppression on the part of elections officials in San Juan County to keep the “good ol’ boys” of San Juan in power.

But Alliance for a Better Utah is fighting back.

We’re on the offensive, letting San Juan County voters know Willie’s story and the illegal activities of John David Nielson with targeted ads, but we need your help. We’re looking to raise $1,000 today to get ads placed and the word out. Will you help us reach our goal with a donation of $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford today?

For too long, underrepresented voices have been shut out of the conversation. It’s time to push back. With your support, we will continue to monitor the situation in San Juan County, call out officials for incompetent, immoral, and illegal behavior, and, if necessary, take legal action to ensure this doesn't happen again.

Your donations today will count toward our Political Accountability Fund goal of raising $10,000 by the end of the month and show the “good ol’ boys” of San Juan County and elsewhere that we’re fed up with politics as usual. Please give today.

Sincerely,

Chase Thomas
Executive Director

DONATE – Become a Sustaining Member and Help Better UTAH All Year Long »

Alliance for a Better Utah          (We all should write and protest)
P.O. Box 521847
Salt Lake City, UT 84152
801-893-ABU1 (2281)
info@betterutah.org

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~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: August 20, 2018

News in the West

n  KUER Radio Interview: Politics, Public Lands, Bundy, Mormons, Enviroment

n  Active Fires in the West:  Daily Updates

n  Seven Active Fires in Utah

n  How the Left Misunderstands the Benefits of Free Enterprise

n  Phil Lyman Opposes Gas Tax for Funding Public Schools:  Better Strategies Needed

n  Sign up for Phil Lyman’s Newsletter

n  Gov. Herbert Calls for Utah Control of Public Forests

“One particular set of Forest Service regulations is commonly known as the “Roadless Rule.” Although the rule is intended to protect forests, Herbert said it has led to overgrown and unhealthy forests filled with dead trees.     Noting that neighboring states such as Idaho and Colorado have already enacted state-specific modifications to federal roadless rules, Herbert said it’s time for Utah to petition the U.S. Forest Service for a new Utah-specific roadless rule.”

n  Navajo Tribe Files 5^th Lawsuit against EPA

n  Utah Navajos Encourged to Verify Registration

n  Could Ogden become the Site of New BLM Headquarters?

n  Overstep of Government and Property Rights – Opinion

n  “Make it Monumental” Bound to Stir Controversy

n  Keshlear Questions Paranoia Over Oil Development/ Irony Alert!

“The fear among environmentalists, then and now, is that the presence of oil and gas infrastructure will deter and divert tourists away from the Moab area, whose economy depends on an ever-expanding and insatiable recreation economy.    But has oil and gas development affected the numbers of tourists to visit nearby Dead Horse Point? According to park statistics, visitation has actually grown dramatically. Here are the numbers…           2003……………161,774

                                   2014……………333,488

                                   2017……………560,783

n  Curtis Wells Nominated for President of Utah Counties

n  Rep. John Curtis Answers Wide Range of Questions In Moab

 

n  Bad Forest Management Results in Rampant Fires through the West

n  Remember 2016 Warning? Environmental Money Behind Bears Ears!

n  At Least 8 Non-Profits and 6 Foundations Allied to Elect Maryboy-2018

“The policies of the new pro-Bears Ears county commission will align – to varying degrees – with the goals of a grand alliance: Utah Diné Bikéyah, Round River Conservation Studies, Friends of Cedar Mesa, the Conservation Lands Foundation, the Grand Canyon Trust, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Earth Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Wyss Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Leonardo Di Caprio Foundation and others. Several of the organizations are worth billions.

Other allies Maryboy’s and Grayeyes’ organization has counted on include some of the nation’s most prominent and politically aggressive outdoor recreation companies, specifically Patagonia, The North Face, REI, Black Diamond, Arc’teryx, Sage, OR, küat, Osprey, Yakima, Clif Bar and Mountain Hard Wear. The Conservation Alliance, whose membership includes 220 companies, also helps fund Utah Diné Bikéyah.”

….”MARYBOY BRINGS ALL THIS BAGGAGE to the San Juan County Commission. He’s been knee deep in muck for much of his political career, and now he’s deeply rooted in an alliance with multimillionaire “outsiders” whose multi-tiered goals might not align with the day-in, day-out needs of a cash-strapped, rural county.”

n  Greyeyes Back on SJC Ballot: Decision to Follow Election????

n  Four Corners Free Press: Analysis of Primary Election/ Benally Loss

“The ACLU of Utah provided printed flyers with details about how to identify district residencies, how to recognize ballot problems, and whom to call. They also published in-person polling locations and contact information for questions and concerns. The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, and the Rural Utah Project (RUP) launched voter registration drives to assist Native residents, who are now the demographic majority, as they grappled with identifying in the correct precincts and districts in which they live.

T.J. Ellerbeck, an RUP coordinator, organized a campaign in San Juan County that would assure voters that their registrations were correct. They also assisted with new voter registration. The group clarified any district changes that applied to a voter’s registration, what to expect of mail-in ballot procedures, how to vote by mail or in person, and how to recognize if ballots were not correct or tampered with.”

n  Humans: A major cause of fires in the West

n  Mixed Reviews Concerning “Booming” Business in Moab

n  Navajo Nation Still Waiting on EPA Payment from Gold King Mine Spill

n  Swindlers in Navajo Politics

n  Judge Rules to Allow Greyeyes back on Ballot: Navajo Times

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Documenting Bears Ears Controversy and Public Land Issues since July 2016