September 22, 2017 Is Forest Service shutting public out of its plans to ‘obliterate’ roads in Bears Ears Monument? Despite the strong likelihood that Bears Ears National Monument will be modified in coming months, Forest Service officials in southeastern Utah are planning to…
September 18, 2017 Controversial Utah monuments among the ten Zinke wants to modify Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes…
September 13, 2017 San Juan Freedom: Unity in a common love for the land “Events that transpired over time had only one conclusion. But as I have gotten older I have come to realize that history is about…
September 1, 2017 Will Congress take Zinke’s suggestion and authorize tribal co-management of Bears Ears? The original presidential proclamation creating the Bears Ears National Monument did not establish a formal tribal co-management requirement. There are several ways Congress and…
August 26, 2017 10 biggest takeaways from Secretary Zinke’s Monuments Review summary Submitted comments from monument proponents were largely based on the false narrative that lacking monument status opened up the areas in question to the…
August 24, 2017 Rural West oppressed by heavy-handed Antiquities Act politics The driving force of this trend can largely be attributed to ulterior motives. Instead of focusing on the protection of specific historic, cultural and…
August 21, 2017 Forget the environment, power-obsessed SUWA sues to inflict pain on Utah counties [paypal_donation_button] Saul Alinsky wrote “Rules for Radicals” (a playbook for groups like SUWA). One of Alinskys truths which he accurately describes is this: Organizations that possess power are “in turn possessed by power. Obsessed with the fear…
July 28, 2017 Soros-funded ‘Western Priorities’ group admits Bears Ears assessment omits local voices [paypal_donation_button] The possibility cannot be dismissed that instead of fearing ‘skewed data,’ Center for Western Priorities avoided taking into account comments made by people…
July 27, 2017 “New West” progressives poised to sacrifice rural America on altar of ‘amenities economy’ While the mainstream media and environmental propaganda machine grind out daily reports on the economic benefits of an industrial tourism economy, they never specifically…
July 13, 2017 Native American management of antiquities provides alternative to monument land grabs Granting control of such sites to Native Americans would allow for protection of antiquities on federal land with much less political rancor and greater…
