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,…
October 18, 2019 If Utah enviros really cared about the planet and its people, they would support cobalt mine in Garfield County As consumers, we have an absolute moral and possibly a national security imperative to explore alternatives to cobalt dug up overseas under conditions of…
March 13, 2019 Federal restrictions in Utah monument prove fatal for dozens of visitors “The 1996 monument prohibits the most basic signing to direct visitors to and from the Dry Fork slot canyons. In the spring of 2018,…
July 12, 2017 ‘Failure’ of Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument due to negative economic impact The executive action instantaneously shut down a major American coal operation, killing thousands of jobs and driving a regulatory stake into the heart of…
May 12, 2017 Ranching, energy, jobs factor into possible reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument “Monuments should never be put in a position to prevent rather than protect and the president is pro-energy across the board,” Zinke said. “We,…
May 8, 2017 Utah national monuments ‘adversely impact’ ranching, multiple use, economic development The courts have declared there is no need to protect common sagebrush ground with no scientific or historic value. While there are clearly beautiful…
April 26, 2017 Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante at top of Zinke monuments review Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday there’s “no doubt” he is visiting Utah to talk to people about the controversial Bears Ears National Monument…
April 25, 2017 Trump, Hatch eye rolling back 2 decades of national monument land grabs It’s worth noting that the areas targeted by Obama in his waning days, including Bears Ears, Gold Butte, Nevada (the location of the Cliven…
March 16, 2017 Zinke gives hope to coal country, approves $22 million lease in Central Utah “For many communities and tribes in Utah, Montana, New Mexico and other states across the west, coal on public lands has been both a…
