v Dr. Mike Kennedy,
candidate for Utah senator will be in Monticello May 22,
7 PM at the Hideout.
Get your questions ready.
v Phil
Lyman: Updates on Campaign and Causes Plus inspiring words!
v SL Tribune’s Take on Willie
Greyeye’s Utah Residency
Open house May 15 at Monticello Discovery Center 7 PM
“Approximately one-third of the acres removed from Bears Ears are
wilderness or wilderness study areas and remain off-limits to claims. Finding a
parcel that was previously part of Bears Ears, did not have an active claim and
was not otherwise restricted to mining proved to be a bit of a challenge.” . .
. In 2017, an estimated $75.2
billion worth of minerals were produced in the U.S. — up 6 percent
from the previous year. And the Trump administration has prioritized boosting domestic
production of minerals it has identified as “critical” to the
economic and national security. A draft list of 35
minerals includes both uranium and vanadium,
a malleable metal also found in the White Canyon area of southeastern Utah.”
“Despite the
vital importance of minerals, the previous Administration took dozens of
anti-mining actions which, if left in place, will stifle job creation, decimate
local economies and disrupt public education funding streams. This overreach
locked up millions of acres of Federal lands under false pretenses and harmed
our nation’s domestic mineral supply…”
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The
Hammond Plot Thickens: Was Uranium on Malheur
land the real reason for prosecution of ranchers?
Peter Thiel—the founder of PayPal and an early investor in
Facebook, is also an investor in carbon neutral nuclear production and
the future of mining uranium. His new startup company is called Helion Energy.
“Through
the years, Wenrich searched for uranium deposits in northern Arizona, which,
says the U.S. Geological Survey, has “the highest uranium potential in the
country.” After spending $100,000, she staked 71 mining claims with joint
interest in another 94 claims. In fact, she had a $200,000 agreement to sell 61
of the claims. Yet, in 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar closed more
than a million acres of federal lands from mining, blocking her from selling
the 61 claims, developing her other claims, or exploring for more uranium
resources.”
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The Coup
d’état Over Idaho Land -- Goal: Identifying species and habitat for corridors which can be
used to place large tracts of land into conservation for connectivity to other
protected areas, convincing private land owners to place their land into
conservation easements, buying land through NGOs
and the federal government, erasing jurisdictional boundaries between counties,
states, and countries, and creating a regional
environmental governance. This CSP graphic gives a visual picture of just a few groups who
are involved in controlling public land use.
(San Juan County is also impacted by many of these:)
Other Articles/ Events of Local Interest
Documenting
Bears Ears “No Monument” efforts since July 2016
