December 5, 2017 President Trump’s remarks about restoring Utah lands to its citizens “Your timeless bond with the outdoors should not be replaced with the whims of regulators thousands and thousands of miles away. They don’t know…
December 4, 2017 San Juan County locals praise Trump’s Bears Ears decision “Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.’ We need fighters. There’s a time and a place for…
December 1, 2017 Now is the time to exempt Utah from Antiquities Act overreach If the divisive and painful battles over monuments are to be ameliorated, the Antiquities Act must be reformed. But, there is something Utah can…
November 16, 2017 Insiders mull what revisions Trump will make to massive Utah monuments That law passed by Congress gives U.S. presidents the authority to designate or set aside land as monuments to protect objects of historic, cultural…
November 8, 2017 Utah Navajos say monument designations not needed to protect sites In Utah’s San Juan County and nearby reservations, residents say their dissenting voices were ignored in the designation process for the area, a canyon…
October 12, 2017 Lawmakers from federally-oppressed West behind Antiquities Act reform bills With the political clout of globalist corporations and radical green groups behind such abusive land grab proposals, recent administrations–Clinton and Obama in particular–have used…
October 12, 2017 Without reforms, Antiquities Act poses a threat to constitutional government Any honest reading reveals that it was created to protect “landmarks,” “structures,” and “objects” – not vast swaths of land. Compare the language of…
October 4, 2017 ‘Wilderness-hungry environmentalists’ negate true purpose of public lands After the president acts on Zinke’s review and the wilderness-hungry environmentalists hike into courtrooms, Congress should go to work reforming legislation in ways that…
September 28, 2017 Antiquities Act allows for presidential revocation, modification of monuments President Barack Obama designated most of his record-setting monuments during the twilight of his second term, long after the threat of electoral defeat had…
September 24, 2017 Navajo Nation resources should not be wasted on frivolous Bears Ears lawsuit Forty-three percent of Navajos exist below the federal poverty line of $24,250 for a family of four. With numbers like those, who can afford…
