Beyond The Bears Ears: Zinke

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

News in the West; Bad, Better, and Best ~~Bear Essentials 2/27/2019

News in the West:

Bluff Town Hall Meeting with John Curtis March 21

Recording of 2/19 SJC Commission Meeting (start at 57:53)

George Washington's Farewell Speech: Prophetic Advice

$22 Trillion Debt and both Parties say "Spend More"

Utah Ranked #1 in "Social Capital"

"Variables for ranking: family unity, family interaction, social support, community health, institutional health, collective efficacy, and philanthropic health"

Environmentalists Call on Herbert to Veto Bill Related to Spent Uranium

Current Government Policies would Rather Burn Forests than Log Trees

"Federal wildfire statistics show the average number of acres burned

every year since 2000 is double what it was the preceding four decades."

Zinke Accepts Post with Lobbying Firm

Moab Council Votes for Moratorium on More Building

~~ A Good Site to Follow: Balanced Resources

~~ Winter Storms Help Against Four Corners Drought

~~ Senator Mike Lee Opposes Natural Resources Management Act

It fails to reform federal land acquisition programs and adding new restrictions to how Americans are allowed to use land already under federal control.

25 percent of all Land and Water Conservation Funds have been given to states while 61 percent of the funds have been spent on federal land acquisition

LWCF keeps on buying new federal lands without securing any method for maintaining the land they already own. According to a 2017 Congressional Research Service report, the maintenance backlog on federal land is up to $18.6 billion

The bill creates another 1.3 million acres of wilderness in the West — half of it in Utah

~~ 2019 AUM Grazing Fees Lowered

~~Commissioner Adams Asks State for Litigation Help

~~Signs that Republican Tax Cuts are Working

~~Aztec Commission Passes Resolution Against UnConstitutional Gun Control

~~ Rural Lands Bill "Reflects Utah Priorities, Op ed Mitt Romney,

~~ Land Grabbing Avalanche of Bills Will Harm Rural Economies

~~ SL Trib: San Juan Should Build a Wall Around Itself

~~ N. Arizona Faces 1.7 M. Acre Environmental Land Grab

In defense of mining: "Uranium and depleted uranium are critical to the U.S. military and our national security. The U.S. military uses depleted uranium in armor plating for tanks, Phalanx gun systems, armor-piercing munitions and cruise missiles, naval propulsion reactors, as well as A-10s, Harriers and other military and civilian aircraft. The U.S. Navy cannot maintain its global presence nor maintain its nuclear deterrent against countries like Russia without uranium.

In 1986, the United states produced 100% of the uranium ore used in U.S. domestic nuclear reactors. Today in 2018, 3% is produced domestically with virtually all of the remaining fuel for domestic reactors produced in Kazakhstan, under heavy Russian influence. The U.S. desperately needs domestic uranium given this high 97% import penetration into domestic market. The U.S. Navy is fit-to-be-tied over the prospect of being dependent on Putin for uranium. The situation is untenable.

Americas’ 98 nuclear power plants provide clean energy while generating electricity for one of every five U. S. homes and businesses. Nuclear energy has unmatched reliability in the U. S. electrical system. In 2014, as has been the case every year for the past decade, the nuclear industry’s average capacity fact (a measure of efficiency) was an electric sector leading 91.7 percent."

~~ State House of Rep. Gridlocks over County Government Bill

~~National Debt Spiraling Out of Control $22 Trillion!

~~Massive Land Bill Has Hits and Misses for Ranchers

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Submitting Letters to Salt Lake Tribune

Saturday, March 24, 2018

BEAR ESSENTIALS: March 24, 2018

*Phil Lyman Running for 3^rd District Representative

* Meet March 26 to give Input on Management of Bears Ears

Write to the BLM by April 11 (follow link above)

* Utah DOGM Preserves Mining History

* Zinke Focused on Draining DOI Swamp

“Zinke proposed reorganizing his department giving more authority to regional offices. His reasoning was that managers with their feet on the ground have the most knowledge of their resources in order to foster multiple use management, the mission of the Department of Interior.”

v Get Ready for the First Bar-B-Q of Spring Vegan humor

v Come to Founders Day/Fry Bread Festival April 6-8

n On-line Initiative May Help Diversify Rural Utah Economies

n San Juan County Featured on Discover Utah

n Please Attend Public Input Meetings for Bears Ears NM

n Garfield Cty, Colorado Defends Ranchers AUMs

n Blanding, Gateway to Bears Ears

n Yale Politco Looks at Bears Ears Objectively

n The Right To Bear Arms: State by State break down SRT

n Organic Marketing Rule Withdrawn by USDA

n Shake, Rattle, and Troll with Rep Paul Gosar of Az

“March 4, we heard Congressman Gosar’s response to several subjects that included Clean, Drain & Dry, the 2nd Amendment, Buffalo in the Grand Canyon, the quandary of Feral Burros and Horses, the destruction of the desert southwest because of illegal immigrants and much, much more.”

n House Committee on Natural Resources; John Curtis Bill Video

n Natural Gas Development in Uintah Basin Could Benefit Schools

n Colorado Woman Asks Supreme Court to Restore Mining Claims

n Colorado Commissioner Recall Gets Dirty

n Land Grab: The Conspiracy to Own Natural Resources in the West

n Feds Collude With EPA to Put Farmer out of Business

n Concerns about Sports Businesses: REI specifically

n Native American Rancher’s History of Harassment and Loss

Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest

v Lake Powell Pipe Line Meeting March 22-23 Sun Independent

v A new Form of Government in the Works for Grand County

v Pipe Line Is Not Worth the Cost Opinion/Josh Warburton

v Grand County GOP Says Korenblat isn’t a True Republican

v Pod cast: Heritage Voices and Bears Ears: Friends of Cedar Mesa

v Backcountry Archaeology Experience: Bears Ears, only $2,496

v Contact for 3^rd District Representative: John Curtis https://curtis.house.gov/contact/email

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v Strange but True San Juan Connections

v Bluff Founders Day Schedule Attached

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Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

BEAR ESSENTIALS: FEB. 24, 2018

*March 14 Wallace Stegner Center Symposium:

Public Lands in a Changing West

*Bill Boyle Reporting live: Feb. 21

*Stay in Contact with your 3^rd District Rep: John Curtis https://curtis.house.gov/contact/email

n Restore Habitat, Prevent Fires via Chaining Juniper and Pinion

n Utah House Resolution Passes Exempting Utah from Antiquities Act

n Time to Move the BLM West

n Big Shakeup for DOI Taking Place High Country News

n Zinke Working on Decentralizing Agencies/ Public Lands Az Daily Sun

n Frivolous Law Suit Settled Regarding Voting Rights in SJC

n SL Trib Settlement of Voting Rights Law Suit

n Utah AG’s Office Hints at Public Lands Lawsuit

n Colorado Legislator Tackles Easement Abuse Legislation

n Pennsylvania County Thrives with Natural Gas Development

n Utah and Wyoming Challenges California & Washington Coal Policies

n Ute Mountain Tribe Accused of Laundering Money via Casino

n Sierra Club Continues to Promote “Monumental” Hysteria

n Russian ties to Green Groups Under Scrutiny

n Colorado Congressman Focus of Billboard Reminder on Hyw 160

n Despite Checkered History of Corruption, Wm. Woody Back at BLM

n La Plata Commissioner facing Ethics Charges tied to Green Funding

n Enviro Group Nit Picking Rep. Noel’s Property

“Noel said he told county commissioners his preference was that the monument be cut to 200,000 acres — with half in each county — but didn't propose specific shapes.”

n SL Tribune & Rolly attack Mike Noel

“The Kanab lawmaker said an American Indian group opposed to shrinking Bears Ears National Monument is funded by the Grand Canyon Trust and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.”

n Wilderness/ Green Groups Lobby for Bears Ears Via Cat Walk

n Illegal Border Crossings Cause Environmental Destruction

n Greens Try to Block Life Saving road in Remote Aleutians/Alaska