n April 12 noon: Beyond
Standing Rock. KUED Channel 7
n and Sunday April 30, 3 PM
n Results of SOS fundraisers last week: Ticket Sales at SJC Republican dinner brought
in $390 plus the Glock pistol was generously donated by them. An additional $1910 was generated by ticket
sales, donations, and the cake auction at Comic Relief April 3. Eva Workman was
the winner of the pistol. Many thanks to
all who purchased tickets both here and afar!
Donations will be used for No-Monument advertising and this Summer’s
Freedom Fest. Stewards of San Juan still
have size Medium No Monuments shirts for sale for $8. Contact Wendy Black 435-459-1970.
n If you
need a bigger size, or choice in color go to Amazon.com and search “bears ears
no monument shirt”. These were designed
by the Crippen family, and we get a % back from each sale. Ours are a better price than the Pro-Monument
shirts!
n We are
working with Sutherland Institute to expand our message via TV ads, and
videos. Find
them here.
n Add
this layover onto your Profile picture on Facebook. http://profile.actionsprout.com/o/0B0058
n
Legal ramifications giving Presidential
Authority to Revoke or Reduce National Monument Designations. Video includes Mike Lee, Robb Bishop, focuses on the
Antiquties Act which
is always "behind the scenes."
n
Be informed and supportive of local businesses. This Weeks Featured Business White Mesa
Uranium Mill.
What Grand Canyon Trust says:
What Grand Canyon Trust says:
n
Rare Historic Photos digitized for
public Use. There are many San Juan County Ones.
n
Jim Keyes had a great article in the April Utah Cattlemen Newsletter. Thanks, Jim, for the thumbs up.
n
San Juan County ranchers/ farmers are invited to 2nd Annual
Range Rights and Resource Symposium next month in Omaha, Nebraska. It's going
to be an outstanding two days with speakers on private property and federal
land management issues held at Bellevue University and will include a tour of
the University of Nebraska Lincoln Research Center. For more info see http://rangerights.com
n Continue
to write or
call Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke. He is getting LOTS of pressure from the
Green Urbanites as is President Trump.
Please stay engaged with your encouraging words of support and ideas.
Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke: 1849 C
Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
Western Republicans hope Trump will revoke some monuments created
under previous presidents, but would also like to pass legislation altering the
Antiquities Act, the 1906 law that allows the president to protect large swaths
of land without Congress’s consent.
~Janet
Chilcoat caught by cowboys interfering with livestock in SJC Poetic
justice as the Bears Ears Boys just dedicated a song to her Monday Night!
~DOI ends coal
moratorium Zinke
steps up to the plate for oil and gas development. by Marjorie Haun
“Department of Interior
Secretary, Ryan Zinke, former U.S. Representative from Montana, has made it
clear that he intends to implement President Trump’s America-first energy plan.
Leaving environmentalists howling–and likely gearing-up for an avalanche of
lawsuits–Zinke is moving swiftly in both word and deed to make Interior the
Department of Energy Independence.”
n Extreme Green lawsuits delay BLM
Payments to N. Mexico
New Mexico’s efforts to end
its current fiscal year in the black are being complicated by
a $69.9 million payment from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that is
delayed by protests of lease agreements.
n Enviromental Tyranny caused
by abuse of “Equal Access to Justice Act.” By Marjorie
Haun The Sue and Settle green
machine game: …over a
decade, eight environmental groups filed more than 3,300 cases in federal
district courts across the country. In the last two years of the Bush
Administration, seven groups filed 253 lawsuits; in the first two years of the
Obama Administration, those groups filed 525 lawsuits…It is not only the sum;
also outrageous is the hourly rate granted to environmental group attorneys.
Instead of the statutory hourly ($125), these lawyers averaged $491; the
highest rate awarded was $775!”
n The National Park Service spent the most on administrative
leave among DOI agencies, with 69 employees on leave for nearly 62,000 hours at
a cost of more than $2 million. Indian Affairs put the greatest number of
employees on administrative leave at 83, for a total of nearly 55,000 hours,
costing $1.8 million. Read full
story
~~ The Paradox of trying to Protect Forests Trees
need to be harvested to prevent forest fires.
~~ Stupidest Op-ed I’ve read this week: Written by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia for LA Times******
