May 12, 2017 One minute will make a monumental difference It is guaranteed that progressive coalitions and corporate environmentalist groups will be mobilizing followers to flood the Interior Department with fawning cut & paste…
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 11, 2017 Ranchers join San Juan County tribes to say “no Bears Ears monument” Redd showed Zinke around her ranch and said she worries whether the government will build infrastructure such as bathrooms and install railings around cultural…
May 11, 2017 Monuments review gives ranchers, landowners hope for greater freedom, control McIntosh believes the review needs to be taken a step further to include all prior landowner rights. “Most of these national monument designations have…
May 7, 2017 Stewards of San Juan County rally locals to magnify the message, #RescindBearsEars Wesley Tyler of Roy, Utah challenges Interior Secretary Zinke to ask ‘supporters’ of Obama’s Bears Ears federal designation where they are from. Chances are,…
May 6, 2017 Is Trump monuments review a step towards greater state, local control of public lands? The order directs the the Secretary to “consult and coordinate with the Governors of States affected by monument designations or other relevant officials of…
April 28, 2017 Bears Ears: The last straw in monuments abuses That law was intended to prevent the looting of archaeological and Native American structures and objects, and it gave the federal government an expeditious…
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 12, 2017 Local View: Recapture Canyon NOT reopened, Zinke hiding behind ‘PR smokescreen’ The problem is that none of the trails shown on the map were part of the Recapture emergency closure in 2007. Matter of fact…
April 4, 2017 Trump’s DOI Secretary ends coal moratorium, opens way for oil and gas renaissance “Secretarial Order 3348 overturns the 2016 moratorium on all new coal leases on federal land and ends the programmatic environmental impacts statement that was…
