*(Lyle Bayles’s encounter with a naked hiker
recently,
gives a whole new perspective
regarding “Bear Essentials!”
Please
email letters , snail mail, or
call Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke. (Department of the
Interior 1849 C Street, N. Washington DC 20240 ) Phone: (202) 208-3100
n Call
Governor Herbert 801-538-1000. Let’s support Garfield County in having Grand
Staircase Escalante reduced in size, as well as Bears Ears rescinded.
n A SJC TV
advertising effort started this week. We don’t have rich foundations donating
to us! Just folks like you! Help if you
can. Here are some ways:
n Monday
Night Comic Relief – 7 PM April 3
Arts and Events Center USU Campus, Blanding
After
eight months of intense pro-active involvement working to protect ourr beloved
land, we all need some Comic Relief.
Stewards of San Juan has organized an April Fools evening of humor and
fun. There will be skits, poetry,
satire, parody, and music – all designed to combat discouragement, while
helping to raise some money for No-Monument advertising. Please invite your like-minded friends and
family to attend this event. Donations accepted,
and a Cake Auction and pot luck dessert bar will be held at the end. Please come.
n Email
the new State BLM Director, and
politely tell him your concerns. His
name is Ed Robertson, and Gary Torres is currently the Acting Associate State
Director. Or you can write
or call: 440 West 200 South, Ste. 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Phone: 801-539-4001 (I actually received a “registered” letter back from Mr. Torres this past week, which was polite and positive.)
Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Phone: 801-539-4001 (I actually received a “registered” letter back from Mr. Torres this past week, which was polite and positive.)
· County
Delegation headed to Dodge City March 28-30. There may be room for 1 or 2 more. Call immediately 435-459-1970 if you want to go
and will use tools learned to help SJC in this ongoing battle.
Quote
from New York Times: “The position puts Mr. Zinke in control
of 500 million acres of United States land — roughly a fifth of the nation —
and charged with balancing the department’s contradictory duties of conserving
land and mining it for resources at a time of intense pressure from energy
producers, environmental activists, state lawmakers and his own boss, who made
fossil fuel jobs a crucial part of his campaign platform.
Westerners angered by land
restrictions are hoping that Mr. Zinke will help them peel back Washington’s
grip on public acres. For miners, ranchers and politicians in resource-rich
regions, the Obama years were a rough ride. President Barack Obama blocked new
coal leases, imposed moratoriums on uranium drilling near the Grand Canyon and
set aside 553 million acres for national monuments, more than
any other president.
·
Tangled Web of
Environmental funding Going to NGOs (graphic by Devin Bayles Hancock)
--Five states impacted by Endangered
Species act—i.e. excessive restrictions
and litigations …the current use of
the ESA is incredibly expensive to American tax payers and our economy. As of
December 2014, the average listing cost $789,966 per species. This federal
funding is siphoned directly from tax payer’s wallets.
If
you don’t already follow Free Range Report.
I encourage you to do so. http://freerangereport.com/ Commissioner Phil Lyman and several others of
us have had articles published there. It
comes out of Grand Junction, and Majorie Haun the editor is always on top of
trending events, not only in the west, but in any State dealing with land
management issues. She has a great
search engine, so you can find anything related to Bears Ears. She has given us awesome coverage, and
deserves a donation.
Thank
you for all you are doing to encourage the President and Congress to rescind BE
Nat’l Monument. Stay involved on the
county level; no matter what happens, land management will continue to be an
issue of high concern for some time.
Beyond Standing Rock. KUED Channel 7, showing again
Wed. April 12, noon and Sunday April 30, 3 PM
Bear Hugs, Janet (http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/)
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