Friday, May 24, 2013

Education coalition attacks Utah's efforts to get federal lands

A group of public education proponents say Utah's top political leaders such as Gov. Gary Herbert would help the long-term interests of students by dropping their "misguided" public lands fight with the federal government. The network, called For Kids and Lands, held a press conference Wednesday at Liberty Park, where they decried Utah's "arrogant" battle with the federal government over ownership of certain lands and titles to disputed roadways or trails. "Ultimately this public lands transfer will result in marred and scarred landscapes for years to come," said James Thompson, a Bingham High School teacher. "We set a poor example for our children by pursuing such courses of action," reads a statement by the group that was delivered to Herbert's office on Wednesday.  But Herbert, Ivory and others behind the push say they have tried tirelessly to reach reasonable solutions with the federal government in cases such as disputed roads and the threatened endangered species listing of the greater sage grouse, only to be stonewalled or rejected. "Just as Henry Ford offered his first customers a choice of any color car they wanted as long as it was black, federal land management agencies today provide flexibility in land management," Herbert told a Congressional subcommittee on Tuesday, "as long as they do it the way Washington tells them."...more

If anything needs saving, its those kids at Bingham HS from one James Thompson.  We can't afford to have those kids exposed to such stupidity. 

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