Beyond Standing Rock.
KUED Channel 7 ~~ Sunday April 30, 3 PM
*When commenting publicly on
this story, or others which may be headed to court, It would be wise to step back and let the county pursue the charges. Sometimes inflammatory remarks made in public
have a way going awry and harming our cause.
Often anger speaks louder than wisdom.
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
- Continue to write to all agencies within the Department of Interior.
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Letter received
from the Monticello BLM Manager:
Hello Ms. Wilcox,
To your point that when comparing
maps, most routes looked like they were already open for use - You are correct
that trails in the area especially up on the west rim of Recapture canyon have
remained open since 2007, and thus have continued to be used by the
public. However, these routes were not designated as open to motorized
use in the 2008 Monticello Resource Management Plan (RMP). Without this latest
decision, motorized use would not be able to be continued since those were not
designated routes. In the RMP it states, “Actual route designations can
be modified without completing a plan amendment, although NEPA compliance is
still required.” This environmental assessment was the vehicle to make
the determination as to whether the routes should be added to the Travel
Management Plan or not. If a determination would not have been made in this
analysis and decision, there would have had to be a whole separate analysis to
determine possible continued use of those routes in order to be in compliance
with the RMP. It is unfortunate that the headline or title put on the
Press Release has been interpreted by many to infer far more than what was
actually part of the decision.
Don Hoffheins
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