May 1, 2022 Bears Ears and the Babylon Allotment: Co-management or co-negligence? Unlike cattle and sheep ranchers who hold grazing permits which they must diligently maintain and improve, and vigorously defend when the time comes to…
April 30, 2022 Are anti-grazing activists monkeywrenching gates in San Juan County? “Some clever monkeywrenchers, however, cut fence to allow cattle to wander through campgrounds, picnic areas, and other recreation areas in order to outrage more…
February 17, 2020 Rural Utah leader explains, “Nothing hurt the land more than monument designation” Pollock told me he thinks nothing hurt the land more than the monument designation. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management already managed the area,…
February 8, 2020 Bears Ears National Monument: Myths vs. Facts FACT: The BLM does not allow oil and gas leasing within BENM. The monument is withdrawn from disposition under all laws relating to mineral…
September 2, 2019 Public Land Expansion Syndrome swamping southern Utah’s rural communities It is time to stop the fallacy that a tourist driven economy is cleaner and has less impact on the land than other industries….
March 8, 2019 Letter: Expanding Utah monument will mean less opportunity and freedom To say that Native American residents will never be shut out from access to the Bears Ears area is a naive notion. The Keyali…
October 20, 2018 Bay Area “transplant” running to represent rural Utah gets funding from big city progressives In an unfolding “fundamental transformation” of rural, natural resources-based communities, progressive politicians and outdoor recreation seekers will eventually dominate, then drive out the industries,…
April 2, 2018 Is big outdoor rec behind bogus mining claims in southern Utah? Since February 4, when mineral claims on the land could be filed, three new claims have been filed. Two of them are not by…
March 30, 2018 Fossils: The new rationale for locking up lands and resources Amazingly, astonishingly, earlier this year, just after President Trump used his executive authority to reconfigure two massive national monuments in Utah, ‘spectacular,’ ‘major cashes’…
March 14, 2018 Please attend Utah BLM monument management plan meetings Sound, scientifically-based management of natural resources in and around monuments is critical to the health of the environment, wildlife and communities. Policies must ensure…
