Sunday, April 2, 2017
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Bear Essentials* APRIL 1, 2017
Event recommended for those 10 and up.
n Petroglyph
Video of Representative Mike Noel speaking at San Juan County’s
Republican Dinner March 30. (Thanks, Monte
Wells.) After the event, Mike drove back
to Kanab, arriving about 3:30 AM. What a
road warrior he is! Want to thank him or
communicate? (mnoel@kanab.net) Thank you, Cody Nielson, Sterling Black, Vint
Degraw, the organizers of the Rep. dinner, for inviting him to come Thursday.
n
Sutherland's Institute, in conjunction with Stewards of San Juan
has created a new Website and Facebook page to help keep track of the Bears
Ears National Monument. Please Like
their/our page https://www.facebook.com/RescindBearsEars/ and visit RescindBearsEars.com for more information.
n Sign Petition
to Rescind Bears Ears and get
your family/ friends to do likewise.
n Continue
to write or
call Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke. He is getting LOTS of pressure from the
Green Urbanites as is President Trump.
Please stay engaged with your encouraging words of support and ideas.
Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke: 1849 C
Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
n Interested in Old Blanding City Council minutes? These
go back to 1916!
“[Zinke's] view
is that we have too many people working in Interior in Washington, D.C., when
the work that needs to be done is out in the states and particularly in the
West, and he wants to move a lot of the management decisions and a lot of the
people from Washington out to the states...”
Yay for Zinke!!
· Showdown
on Government over-reach addressed at Dodge City, Kansas convention. “A coalition of Navajos and local leaders
opposed to the designation of Utah’s Bears Ears region as a national monument
traveled from Southern Utah to attend the conference.” Those participating included Commissioner Bruce Adams, Val Dalton, Wendy
Black, Lewis & Donna Singer, Marie Holiday, Wallace and Anna Tom and Betty
Jones. We hope they will have an
opportunity for sharing information in the near future.
One concern we have often seen is stated
in the article: “In recent
history, federal agencies have conferred upon themselves — through the
administrative rule-making process — expansive powers and authorities not
present in original statutory law. Through the cumbersome, complex and
ineffective public comment/rule-making process, federal agencies create for
themselves rules, regulations and policies, imposing them on the public as
binding and having the weight of law.
·
BLM 2.0 repealed by
Trump. Governor Herbert and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski were
present at the signing March 27. Herbert
said, ‘"We want to optimize the
management, the outcome, the results of our public lands and multiple use. Utah and other rural states were critical of
the 2.0 plan saying it added another layer that does not provide a better
outcome and actually diminishes the role of the state and local governments. Undoing the regulation ensures that "western
stakeholders will no longer be relegated to the sidelines, and once again be
able to ensure that decisions are being made locally — not thousands of miles
away at BLM headquarters," Murkowski said. (She was one of the sponsors of
the bill—Write and
thank her)
· Wendell Berry quote via Jim Stiles: ”While most
environmentalists object to the impacts from the extraction of natural
resources, they rarely connect the dots to the gasoline they keep pumping into
their SUVs. They loathe the damage caused by the production of resources but
have no trouble consuming them.”
· See how Congressman Chris Steward was
treated at the Town Hall meeting Friday, 3/31 . You’ll hear and see the nature of the beast we are battling.
· Dependence upon foreign countries for
minerals is troubling. United States is now import-dependent for 50 different metals
and minerals – and 100 percent import-dependent for 20. Why then are we locking up land with natural
resources?
******
Coming in April: Beyond Standing Rock. KUED Channel 7
Wed. April 12, noon and
Sunday April 30, 3 PM
Labels:
Berkley Think tank,
BLM,
BLM 2.0 repealed,
Chris Stewart,
Comic Relief,
Dodge City Conference,
going west? Zinke,
Mike Noel,
Mining,
Petition to rescind,
US dependent upon foreign minerals
Friday, March 24, 2017
Bear Essentials* March 24, 2017
n Republican Lincoln Day
Dinner Thursday March 30, in Monticello at the Hideout Community Center, 6 PM. Representative Mike Noel will be the keynote speaker. He is
such a strong ally in the land battle we are engaged in. If you haven’t heard him speak, you need to
come, listen and learn. Call Cody
Nielson for reservations 435-979-3027. They are also helping Stewards of San
Juan with a raffle that night, so plan
to buy tickets which will help us with advertising costs.
n Monday Night -- Bears Ears
Comic Relief – 7 PM April 3
Arts and Events Center -- USU Campus, Blanding
Stewards of San Juan has organized an
evening of humor and fun for some well-deserved “Comic Relief” on April 3. Lilly Tomblin Look-Alike will be manning the
Bears Ears Information Booth; The Bears Ears Boys will join in with some
humorous musical insights, while Oliver Harris and Buddy Redd will share western
poetry. Random spoofs and skits will round out the evening. Leonie and Allen
Hunt will close with a musical tribute to SJC. Donations will be used for
No-Monument advertising. Please invite
your like-minded friends and family to come enjoy this event. There will also
be Cake Auction and pot luck dessert
bar held at the end. Come and enjoy!
n Featured
Op-ed from Bob Dalton, published last week in San Juan Record.
n What
to expect when tourists come. A
photo essay. Be sure to read the
comments and post your own.
n Moab
& Escalante will be featured next on KSL’s Road to Understanding (today)
Please: Write or call Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke He is getting LOTS of pressure from the Green
Urbanites as is President Trump. Please stay engaged.
1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
Phone: (202) 208-3100
Email: Email Dept. of the Interior
· SJC ad
campaign takes aim at rescinding Bears Ears NM Read
article Thank you for your
donations in making this happen.
· A
great Town Hall Meeting was held in Fillmore Monday. Please listen if you
haven’t already. It was encouraging that
so many other counties voiced the same concerns we have. Stewards of San Juan
were represented and all had a chance to speak.
Thanks ladies for traveling over and representing SJC. 1 hour
video of meeting KSL is on the road for 2 weeks
visiting towns throughout Utah. March 23 they were in Blanding. Watch the news as it will show up soon.
· Updated
web site for Bears Ears Information. Please sign the petition reminding
President Trump of SJC. http://rescindbearsears.org/
Native Tribes set to do battle over
Bears Ears.
Sandy
Johnson, and Mary Jane Yazzie interviewed in this story.
ATV Trail Plans derailed by Environmental
group Deseret News A proposal to put in a 6.4 mile all-terrain
vehicle loop in the Indian Creek region at the Bears Ears Monument was derailed
by the new designation after environmental groups won a stay delaying any of
the work to begin this spring.
Those concerned about the devastating wildfires can visit www.ClarkCountyProud.com to see what the needs
are and where to donate.
The
Kansas Livestock Association is accepting donations of feed, fencing supplies
and cash for all ranchers who’ve lost fencing, forage resources, harvested feed
and an undetermined number of cattle in the blazes across Kansas. To donate, visit
www.kla.org/donationform.aspx
Federal Withdrawal of resource rich
lands also impacts Minnesota “If
enacted, the withdrawal proposal would cause the state to lose thousands of
potential jobs from future mining projects, billions of dollars in future
investment in Northeastern Minnesota, and billions of dollars of potential
revenue to support the state’s K-12 education system. . . .
The proposed withdrawal is not based on
science or any specific project. It will not make a project better, and it will
not improve the environment. The unproven concerns raised by Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service are based only on hypothetical and unfounded
fears of generalized impacts from mining.”
Coming in April: Beyond Standing Rock. KUED Channel 7
Wed. April 12, noon and
Sunday April 30, 3 PM
Labels:
ATV trail,
Bob Dalton,
Comic Relief,
Emery County,
EPA.,
fires in Kansas,
Lincoln Day Dinner,
Minnesota,
Standing Rock,
Zinke
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Lincoln Day Dinner Thursday, March 30
Bear Essentials-- March 14, 2017
Bear Essentials* March 14, 2017
*(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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Labels:
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BLM,
Co-management,
Comic Relief,
ESA,
Maine,
Multi-level marketing,
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Standing Rock,
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