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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 2:33 am |
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Can the state of Utah do a better jon than the Fed at managing public land...???
http://www.deseretnews.com/article....cy.html
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tarol
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 9:21 am |
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Utah wants to drill and mine
"Lands with less aesthetic or recreational qualities that contain resources will become more accessible for development and revenue production."
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 11:12 am |
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I'm not buying what she's trying to sell in the article.
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 11:31 am |
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So her argument boils down to this sentence about federal public lands.
"While land is rich in timber and mineral resources, production efforts are either precluded entirely or greatly limited by regulations, endless administrative red tape and lawsuits brought by interest groups that oppose any use of the land."
I ain't buying her argument either. those lands are for everybody to enjoy, not just to be exploited by the state.
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High_Sierra_Fan
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 11:34 am |
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Lamebeaver
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 11:43 am |
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Is this before or after they succeed from the unioni?
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Dave Senesac
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 11:45 am |
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Clarke>>>"While land is rich in timber and mineral resources, production efforts are either precluded entirely or greatly limited by regulations, endless administrative red tape and lawsuits brought by interest groups that oppose any use of the land. "
Rather typical far right myopic spin statement that fails to acknowledge the historic systematic destruction of national resources by short sighted individuals interested in quickly extracting anything that makes them richer without bothering to considerately address negative environmental issues of their processes or long term resource sustainabililty. Before some citizens starting in Johm Muir's generation rose up in protest, the history of such actions not only in the USA but throughout the world has been of course absolutely disgustingly appalling. And of course there are still those even in this age that will fight, lie, and manipulate to continue to selfishly squeeze the last dollar out of the last tree, fish, animal, drop of water, breath of fresh air, and scenic landscape on the planet just as long as it is money in their pocket.
That is not to say there is a reasonable balance in all ways currently and that reasonable considerate resource development cannot occur, but we certainly do not want financially motivated interests historically proven to have unacceptable attitudes, back in charge.
Clarke >>>"Utahns have always been good stewards of the land. We have a long track record of both environmental protection and fiscal responsibility."
It is true that Utah natural resources are still in outstanding shape. One can complain about projects like the Glen Canyon Dam but generally Utah still has some of our nations finest undeveloped lands. But that is generally because the federal government has owned most of the land and inhibited at least in the last few decades exploitation interests. The notion of giving those lands to the state is driven by a simple interest for Clarke and like others. That is do controversial things that are being currently blocked and that those interests have little hope of changing through available governmental processes.
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 3:39 pm |
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I am not on Utah's side, if the lands became state property, I have no doubt that the ORV interests would see it as open season to go wherever they want, and while the Feds have been thick-headed about reasonable mineral exploitation, I could see that pendulum swinging back in the opposite direction if the state got a hold of the rights.
But I do understand why the locals are so upset.
In states back east, wild lands are controlled by the states to a greater extent. Western states chafe under that double standard. And a lot of land decisions are made from thousands of miles away without ever seeking local input. I know that the land belongs to all Americans, but a little common courtesy-like a phone call or two to local officials to work something out-would go a long way towards diffusing the tension.
One anecdote might serve as illustrative. I don't know this person well, but have met him. He is a cattle rancher in central Utah, as was his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, all on the same land. He related that his father would get a call from the BLM office from time to time telling him if the cattle had broken down a fence and were getting too close to the creek. So he would hop on his horse, get the cows back through the fence, and fix the fence. It probably helped that he had gone to high school with the local BLM ranger.
Well, the previous summer, some of his cows had gotten through the fence. No phone calls, but he received a citation in the mail, along with a notice that due to riparian damage, his grazing permit for that area would not be renewed, though he could appeal to the regional office. By the time he received the notice, his cows had been tearing up the creekbed for five days, so yeah, there was some damage. The local BLM guy was no longer a local guy, but had been transferred in from Florida(I think), and actually lived in Cedar City, a two hour drive from the office he worked at, and was openly hostile to the citizens he was supposed to serve.
You might agree with the current rangers stance, but I think that is illustrative of why the relationship has broken down between the feds and local/state government.
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ol-zeke
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 5:15 pm |
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I do not think it is a BLM employee's job to check fences. If the rancher wants a grazing right, he needs to insure his cattle stay where they belong. Damage to a riparian zone is not acceptable, so he needs to be fined. If he tended his cattle better, this sort of thing would not happen multiple times. Seems like they had several chances to get it right, and the feds just tired of babysitting them.
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buzzards
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 5:57 pm |
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(ol-zeke @ Nov. 15 2012, 3:15 pm)
QUOTE I do not think it is a BLM employee's job to check fences. If the rancher wants a grazing right, he needs to insure his cattle stay where they belong. Damage to a riparian zone is not acceptable, so he needs to be fined. If he tended his cattle better, this sort of thing would not happen multiple times. Seems like they had several chances to get it right, and the feds just tired of babysitting them.
You kind of miss the point. A generation ago, the issue would be handled informally. If the ranger saw a problem, he knew the locals, and would let them know about the problem before any damage occurred. Might have even helped him fix his fence.
Now an official who not only doesn't know the locals but has no desire to get to know them just fills out a citation and mails it. Not to mention telling him he can no longer graze his cows where his family has done so for generations. Doesn't even notify the rancher. More damage to the environment, more cost to the rancher (fines and the hassle/time/cost of an appeal), more cost to the government (processing the citation and the cost of dealing with an appeal).
I agree that ranchers should keep their cattle where they are supposed to be. But life and people are not perfect. A little attitude adjustment and courtesy would go a long way to avoiding a situation where an entire state wants to kick the feds off it's lands.
And yes, I am very aware there is a political component to this state vs. federal control hubub as well.
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ol-zeke
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 6:04 pm |
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It is Federal land. If they want to use it, they have to play nice and abide by the rules. If they choose to allow their cattle to misbehave, they get to take the cattle off the Federal land.
As for the slow notification, I agree. I would have preferred the call be made instantly, and the citation handed out in person. The environmental damage needed to be addressed more quickly. Generations of use doesn't entitle abuse. This was not a one time offense, as each generation had been guilty of the same behavior. I have no sympathy for the archers in general.
The grazing fees need to go up, and we need to get out of the cattle business in states like Utah, Wy, and Mt, where it takes more assistance from the taxpayers to grow cattle than it would to grow oranges on the same land.
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Dave Senesac
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 6:33 pm |
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Much of this confrontational standoff is essentially the same long running battle between those who want to bring motorized vehicles into public lands and those that point to a long history of abuses when that used to be allowed.
Although it is true there are considerable numbers that may be considerate of their backcountry vehicle use, there are also those we have all seen that see public lands as their terrain park to rip up and down without care for damage done as long as no one sees them. And in wilderness, there will never be enough backcountry enforcement to ensure that does not happen because those areas are vast. Here in California desert areas OHV users have been beaten back to containment in at a number of large off highway road vehicular parks. In Utah there are also vast areas where such vehicles are allowed.
http://www.utah.com/offroad/
However just as is the case on the environmental side, more extreme elements are usually also the most vocal and politically active, pushing their agendas and continuing to rile up discord instead of compromise.
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SW Mtn backpacker
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 9:41 pm |
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There's been a parade of politicians - supported in pretty much the open by real estate developers, drillers, and ORV-types - which have started pushing this in the western states. It's basically an attempted land grab as the well-connected will buy these isolated places (there's "for sale" signs on all sorts of residences I've seen, so Joe and Jane Average need not apply). Depends on which chunk of which state you are talking about. The remedy should be more federal lands back east like the C&O trail, etc..
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Posted on: Nov. 15 2012, 10:40 pm |
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People can put what ever spin they want to on this issue, but the bottom line is I hope that most people can see greed in motion and an attempt by the few to grab land that belongs to all of us. Just say No.
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