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…
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…
October 28, 2017 Local voices trump outside special interests in battle over Bears Ears “We believe in the importance of protecting these sacred antiquities, but Secretary Zinke and the Trump administration rolled up their sleeves to dig in,…
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…
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…
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…
August 18, 2017 Hypocritical enviro group sues Utah counties over monuments meeting [paypal_donation_button] The facts surrounding Shelby’s recusal show that Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance clearly lied about not having ‘a legal interest in the case,’ but…
July 8, 2017 Bears Ears reduction NOT unprecedented, and not up to Congress The Antiquities Act — which says monuments should be limited to the smallest area compatible with the site or object being protected — does…
