Showing posts with label rescind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rescind. Show all posts

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Bear Essentials March 5-11, 2017

Fear Kills more Dreams than Failure ever will”
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--Monumental questions abound.  Can a president undo the national monument designation of a previous president? The more relevant question at the moment may be, will President Donald Trump actually rescind Barack Obama’s designation of the Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah? And the question that generally follows is, will he then reduce the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument?

“The torch is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world.”
– President Donald J. Trump
.  Earlier this week, President Donald J. Trump stood in front of America and introduced a new chapter of American greatness; one full of prosperity, safety, and innovation. Share your views

--THE KANSAS NATURAL RESOURCE COALITION has invited citizens to attend their conference March 28-30 in Dodge City.  “Bringing Decision-making  Home”  We hope to send a team of committed SJC workers to this event.  If you are interested, call for information 678-2851 today.

It is time for positive changes in relationships between state and local government and the federal bodies that have responsibility for land and water use. Our Bringing Decision-making Home conference examines statutory requirements as the basis for engagement with federal agencies in land use planning and general negotiations, and you are invited to join us! Participants will learn sound principles for local government acting as gatekeeper for local economies, agriculture, business, industry, and property interests.

  Good News Bears




-- Read why Trump Terminated WOTUS.  The Clean Water Act itself makes it expressly clear that states are supposed to play a leading role when it comes to water policy. The WOTUS rule ignores this. Both the federal government and states are supposed to work together to make this happen. States are in a far better position to address the unique environmental needs of their waters than the federal government.
-- Disarm the National Park Service, ”Bundy, the recalcitrant cowboy cried in a video played in court recently, during the ongoing trial against six people charged as gunmen in the 2014 standoff in Bunkerville. A Utah Congressman has introduced legislation that would remove the law enforcement function from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forestry Service.

Bad News Bears

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian."
……Henry Ford


In Bears Ears National Monument, “the BLM already has a tight enough hold when it comes to range improvements, according to Justin Ivins, whose family has been ranching in the area since the 1930s.  The Ivins’ ranch currently runs 600 head of Angus-Gelbvieh cattle on BLM permits now included in the new monument.
“I mean we can’t do anything to improve the land, to develop water or to develop grass,” Ivins says. “We have a hard time doing it.” Ivins has witnessed what has happened in the 20 years on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. He is hoping things will be different for his side of the state.  “There are already too many restrictions; that’s what scares me,” Ivins says. “They tell me otherwise, but I have seen it in other monuments that it’s a lie.”
-- “Tame Navajos” lead out in fight against National Monument                                
  A recent survey confirms the fact that an overwhelming percentage of locals and Native tribes residing in San Juan County want Bears Ears rescinded, and outspoken and well-funded environmentalist special interests, including Dine Bikeyah, are terrified that their pet project could soon be history. As a result, it appears that the racism within the Bears Ears environmentalist community is surfacing.

--Patagonia initiates Calling Campaign against Utah Politicians.  (Respond with your message!)

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Resolution in Utah House of Rep. to Rescind Monument

Updates 1/27:  Watch Representative Hughes' Resolution to Rescind Bears Ears Monument
Watch Mike Noel's presentation  ON:  Concurrent Resolution Urging Federal Legislation to Reduce or Modify the Boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Rules Committee.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Two top Republicans in the state House have filed resolutions urging President Donald Trump to take action on a pair of national monuments in Utah.  In a rare move, House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, filed a resolution Thursday asking the president to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument.
” WHEREAS, the Bears Ears National Monument designation will forever remove the possibility of economic development and decimate the economy of the region with impacts felt around the state; WHEREAS, citizens in rural Utah deserve the equal opportunity to pursue happiness through the protection of their life, liberty, property, and right to determine their own destiny unimpeded by their own federal government,” the resolution states in part.  Representative Mike Noel, presented a second resolution asking for reduction in size of Grand Staircase.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Trump Can Reverse Obama’s Last-Minute Land Grab

The White House is trying to lock up millions of acres, but no president can bind his successor

As he prepares to leave office in three weeks, President Obama is still trying to shape his legacy. On Dec. 20 the White House announced the withdrawal of millions of acres of Atlantic and Arctic territory from petroleum development. This week Mr. Obama proclaimed 1.35 million acres in Utah and 300,000 acres in Nevada to be new national monuments. But all the soon-to-be ex-president will prove is the fleeting nature of executive power.
These actions, like many others he has taken, are vulnerable to reversal by President-elect Trump. In our constitutional system, no policy can long endure without the cooperation of both the executive and legislative branches. Under Article I of the Constitution, only Congress can enact domestic statutes with any degree of permanence. And because of the Constitution’s separation of powers, no policy will survive for long without securing and retaining a consensus beyond a simple majority.