Showing posts with label Ranching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ranching. Show all posts

Monday, June 17, 2019

GRAMA, Governor, Growth, and Global Environmentalists: Bear Essentials 6/17/2019

News in the West

  Two New Republican Candidates for Utah Gov. in 2020

~~Greg Hughes Running for Gov.

~~ Jeff Burningham Tosses his Hat in the Ring

 ~~N. San Juan County Support and Concerns about Love Truck Stop




~~A Democratic Society or Constitutional Republic? 



~~ GRAMA REQUEST APPROVED: DOCUMENTS FROM DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONERS' ATTORNEY MUST BE PUBLIC


~~ Bears Ears Advisory Council Meets for the First Time

~~Dan Love's Mentor, Wm. Woody Ousted from Dept. of Interior 

"Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office of Law Enforcement Services (OLES) director William Woody seems to have followed a path similar to that of his corrupt protege, Dan Love. Woody has been under investigation for numerous apparent abuses of power and mishandling of government funds since the time he retook the position in 2017. According to our source, on Thursday, June 13, Director Woody’s gun and badge were stripped from him and he was escorted out of the Department of the Interior headquarters in Washington D.C."  Free Range Report

~~Lake Powell on the Rise

~~ Growth in Utah Triggers Need for Tax Restructuring 

~~ Consumers, Cobalt, Controversies and Compromise by Bill Keshlear

~~ Free Event: Agriculture/Legislative Convocation: Red Acre Center

Location: Monticello College: 1849 North Creek Road, Monticello
Date: Saturday June 22, 2019
Time: 7:00pm Red Acre Center (RAC) advocates for local food economies and for small farmers in Utah. RAC has an impressive track record getting bills passed and building bridges that support food freedom. Online: redacrecenter.org and monticellocollege.org Phone: 435 590 1661



~~ Global Environmentalists Targeting Beef Industry for Destruction

"The American beef industry has long been a tasty target of the environmentalists and their allies in the animal rights movement. To understand the reason is to know that protecting the environment is not the goal, rather the excuse in a determined drive for global power. Their selected tactic is to control the land, water, energy, and population of the Earth. To achieve these ends requires, among other things, the destruction of private property rights and elimination of every individual’s ability to make personal lifestyle choices, including personal diet." 

~~ Only 3% of Nation's Energy produced via Sun and Wind, Despite $50 Billion in Subsidies  

(How can a Nation $22 Trillion in Debt justify such frivolous spending?)

~~ SL Tribune: Gerhert Opinion Claims Rural Utah Spawns Violence

~~More Decisive Forest Management Needed: Catastrophes Forecast

"The USFS says since 1994, bark beetles have wiped out over four million acres in the southern Rockies. The trees turn red, then brown, then become fuel for catastrophic fires."

~~Oak Foundation, Subsidizes Environmental Agendas

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Like the Music Man said, "You've got to know the territory." 

Friday, January 6, 2017

Family Ranch Swallowed Up

by Gail Johnson


HC 60  Box 220
Lake Powell, UT 84533
435-459-1268/1269
sandyljohnson@wildblue.net

January 6, 2017


Governor Gary Herbert
350 State Capitol, Ste. 200
Salt Lake City, UT  84114
                                                                        Re:  State Lands in Bears Ears Monument

Dear Governor Herbert:

            My family's ranch is swallowed up in this new monument, our private land, water rights, grazing allotments (federal and state), and our home.  Since this monument has been forced upon this state in spite of opposition from every level of government and the majority of local residents, I would like to see the state take the position of not being amenable to trading out the school sections.  Tell the federal government to go fly a kite.   The state shouldn't have to trade just because an oppressive and out-of-touch federal government says to.  Trading under these circumstances is under duress, when the state should stand up to the federal government. 
            If the state decides to trade, make the federal government give more than equal value because the federal government is forcing this monument and trade upon Utah.  And for sure, all land traded for should be in this county. 
            I have always been against trading out scattered state sections, unless done on a section by section basis, for several reasons.  First, no one knows what the future will be and what lies below the surface of these lands.  Prior to World War II, prospectors roamed this county searching for gold and silver, walking right past and ignoring land that proved to be invaluable a few years later.  Lands rich in uranium and vanadium.  Scattered state sections increase the state's odds of capturing subsurface resources that may not be known today, but will be important in the future.  There may be other valuable options for these lands in the future, as well.
            Second, scattered state sections give the state leverage in dealing with the federal government, now and in the future.  It also gives access to land that otherwise might not be accessible. SITLA is much easier to deal with when developing water, maintaining roads, and doing range improvements than is the federal government.  Without these state sections, it will be much easier for federal land restrictions to tighten and tighten until historic multiple uses are choked out.
            I realize this issue is "wait and see" with the in-coming Trump administration, potential lawsuits, and a new congress.  That is what gives my family and this county a glimmer of hope.  I also see that today (Jan. 6), the SITLA board is meeting regarding land exchange. 
            Thank you for speaking out against this new monument and for anything you can do to reverse it and amend or get rid of the Antiquities Act.  Also, please consider keeping scattered state sections.

                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                       
                                                                        Gail Johnson
cc:  Dave Ure, SITLA Director
       Rep. Mike Noel
       Sen. David Hinkins

       Utah Congressional Delegation