~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: July 20, 2018~~

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v San Juan Record Live: Focus on Pioneer days This weekend

v Pioneer Day Events/ Schedule

v Southern County Gully Washer July 13

v Follow San Juan Weather Guy for More San Juan Weather Activity

v SJC Favorite Phil Lyman Runs for State House of Representatives

v Help Phil Fight the Big Environmental Donors Trying to Defeat Him

v Attention Ranchers with Grazing Allotments:

Ranchers who maintain grazing allotments in the footprint of the previous Bears Ears National Monument or the new monuments, need to know about Rangeland Strategies. As the BLM and USFS update their management plans for these areas, we believe our consultants can help make sure that the interests of those with grazing allotments are protected.  (Benjamin Burr)  More information

v How do you Regulate Respectful Recreation? Outside Magazine

             State Senator David Hinkins. a Great Defender of San Juan County

n  Mike Lee Supports Bill to Protect Rural Utah from Abuses of Antiquities Act

n  Judge Blocks Reopening of Election Lawsuit

n  More Cattle on Rangeland Helps Mitigate Wildfires

n  President Trump Grants Clemency to the Hammonds

n  Hammonds Unjustly Imprisoned as Terrorists

n  Putting The Supreme Court’s Role into Perspective

n  Firing a Bad Federal Employee May Get a Little Easier

n  Senator Mike Lee on Tariffs, Congressional Disfunction, and New Supreme Court Judge

n  Updates from Sutherland Institute

n  “The Sentence” Screens at Capitol; Sen. Lee Comments

n  Diamond Rio Coming to San Juan County

n  Diamond Rio will headline the San Juan County Fair with a performance on Thursday, August 9 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the San Juan County Fairgrounds.

Advance tickets are $18 and can be purchased at BCL Distributing in Blanding (1261 South Main) or the San Juan Record in Monticello (49 South Main).

n  Most Recent Plans for New Bluff Elementary School SJ Record

 n  Charges Against Chilcoat Dropped!  Collusion in AG’s office?

--Did the State AG’s Office side with the defendants?

--Why did the AG’s Office bring unfounded charges against the lead deputy in the Chilcoat case just prior to the preliminary hearing?

--Why is it that the AG’s Office refused to assist the San Juan County Prosecutor due to a “conflict of interest,” and then agree to participate in the appeals hearing where all charges are dropped against Chilcoat, who is the client of an AG’s Office employee?  --Monte Wells

n  Lightening Strike Threatens Homes in Bluff

n  Fire in North Cottonwood Also Caused by Lightening

n  Fracking Can Make You Fat!!

n  LA Times: Bears Ears Awaits Ruling

n  Woman Treed by Wolves; Rescue Delayed

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n Read Past Editions of Bear Essentials at: http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/

Documenting Bears Ears Controversy and Public Land Issues since July 2016

~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: July 6, 2018~~

Declaration of Independence

As submitted by Thomas Jefferson June 28, 1776

4^th of July Video by Easton Bowring

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v USC Student footage ends up in PBS story on SJC Redistricting

v PBS Looks at Water Needs on the Reservation

v PILT Funding for Counties with Public Lands: Is it Fair?

“San Juan County, for example, contains 3.1 million acres of public land — second only to Millard County. But because its population is just a fourth of Tooele County’s, its PILT take of $1.8 million is half that of Tooele, which has 2.1 million acres.”

v Headwaters Economics View on PILT

v More on Lake Powell Pipeline: Dixie’s Pt of View

v Stay Informed About County Events

v Romney Wins Republican Slot for Senator in Primaries

n  San Juan County “NOT” in Contempt of Court

n  Professional Environmentalists and “Sustainable” Tourism.

n  Senator Lee and Brother Thomas  on Supreme Court Nominee List

n  Justice Anthony Kennedy Live on Supreme Court 2018 RadioWest

n  Reyes Works for Venue Change in Monument Reduction Cases:

Judge Chutkan will decide if cases remain in DC or move to Utah

n  It’s Raining in Montana, Don’t Lose Hope

n  Eccles Family Rural West Conference/ Bill Lane Center

n  History of Navajo Oshley On LIne Tells of the early days in Blanding

n  Blanding Hires Full Time Economic Development Specialist

n  Monticello Pioneer Days Coming July 19-21

 

n  Commissioner Benally Loses Race by 42 Votes;

n  Who’s Wearing Blinders when it Comes to the Truth

Escalante resident Simone Shumway Griffin responds: “This makes me so frustrated. Guess what, if you get a flat tire in Escalante on Sunday, there’s still no way to get it fixed on Sunday. New houses and businesses are not going up here and we have a serious housing crisis. Why am I not surprised this was the Trib?

n  Colorado River Reservoirs at Historic Low

n  Bad news on Entitlements Piles up

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Documenting Bears Ears Controversy and Public Land Issues since July 2016

~~BEAR ESSENTIALS: June 22, 2018~~

v Article by Amy Joi O’Donoghue  :  Land management vs. law enforcement. Senator Mike Lee: “It is incumbent on this subcommittee to ask whether combining resource management and criminal law enforcement has resulted in a profound disservice to both,” Lee said. “We need to get back to managing federal lands as opposed to terrorizing the communities that surround them,” he said Monday.  [Shake, Rattle, and Troll]

v National Geographic Article: What Shrinking of National Monuments Means

v Scott Pruitt, His Vision for the EPA

v Historic Election next week in Bluff

v Glenn Beck: D-Day, Boy Scouts, Chris Herrod & 2^nd Amendment

v 50 Mllion $ Contract from Bureau of Reclamation to Local Archaeology Co.

v Three Californias On Ballot:  Op-ed in Los Angeles Times

n  Phil Lyman Interview by Bryan Hyde: Freedom vs. Militarized BLM

n  Related article: BLM Attack at Dr. Redd’s Home

n  Media Round Up of Articles Related to Artifact Sting in Blanding

n  Arizona Humane Society Fails to Qualify Wildlife Ballot Initiative

n  John Herrod Runs as Conservative Candidate for Congress

n  Senator Mike Lee Addresses Illegal Imprisonment

n  Public Lands a Political Test: The Malheur Wildlife Confrontation

n  Willie Greyeyes Files Lawsuit Against San Juan County

n  Fox News: Greyeyes Lawsuit

n  Bluff Dilemma:  When a Guppy Swallows a Whale

n  The Dilemma of Increased Tourism: Zions Park Controversy

n  Colorado River Reservoirs Headed to Historic Low

n  Foreign Influence of Environmental Groups Erodes Military Readiness

n  Accidental Burns vs. Controlled Burns? Which Causes More Damage?

n  Dolores Fire: It’s gong to take a lot of Rain to put it out

n  Too Many In Southern Utah Deny Climate Change Effects

n  How Liberal Wackiness Wrecks Local Government

n  Convicted Felons Hired to Promote Renewable Energy Initiative in Az.

n  BLM Officer Shoots Nurse Riding off-road in Side by Side  

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                     Documenting Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016