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.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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