lc0338 wrote:
From the signing today it looked like the majority of Utah agreed it was a good idea to get the washington bureaucrats out of their business_state.
I wonder what percentage of that “majority” has received money from oil/gas/mining interests?
I can understand how people wouldn’t be happy about the Feds taking such a big piece of land. I can also understand how some people might not trust the state officials to be responsible with the land.
I posted
this article in the other thread on the same topic. It’s titled “What you need to know about the Bears Ears controversy”
Here are a couple excepts:
A common misconception about national monuments is that they prohibit traditional land uses like hunting, fishing, extraction of oil and gas, mining, cattle grazing, camping, and use of motorized vehicles. When a monument is created, however, all existing permitted land uses are typically grandfathered in. In Bears Ears, for example, all aforementioned activities are currently permitted, including an active lease for a uranium mine.The area contains ancient ruins, extensive petroglyphs and artifacts, as well as one of the most complete paleontological fossil records, dating back 300 million years and chronicling the rise of vertebrate life on land.
A 2009 raid of suspected looters’ homes revealed over 40,000 artifacts stolen from the area.Consider reading it. It’s a fair article and worth the time.
