Friday, February 20, 2015

Where is the Proclamation? State cattlemen's association 'disheartened' by Browns Canyon designation

The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association is disheartened to learn of the upcoming announcement of a presidential declaration defining 21,000 acres along the Arkansas River, known as Browns Canyon as a national monument. “We worked in good-faith with former Senator Udall and others, to find a way to prevent a presidential declaration,” says Tim Canterbury, chair of the Public Lands Council. “Now, all we can do is ask for a seat at the table, and hope that the voices of ranchers will be heard and respected in the designations implementation process.” “We stand by the fact that a presidential declaration is not in the best interest of the agricultural community; and we sincerely hope that the President and his administration have heard our concerns and will ensure that the rule-making process addresses the concerns of landowners and ranchers, allowing ranches that have been in operation for generations to continue,” states Canterbury. He emphasizes that the CCA and PLC will keep pushing for legislation that will clarify grazing permit rights for this and any future designation. “We must avoid the confusing language that exists in many current designations and change the administrative approach, which in the past has resulted in severely limiting sustainable resource management.”...more


 UPDATE:  The proclamation for Browns Canyon is now available here.  More on the grazing language later.

When I do a search for Presidential Proclamation - Browns Canyon National Monument at whitehouse.gov all I get is this:


The proclamation language for the Pullman National Monument is there, but not Browns Canyon.  According to the White House schedule he signed the Browns Canyon Proclamation in the Oval Office then flew to Chicago to sign the Pullman Proclamation.  Why is one available to the public at this official website but not the other?  Has the website staff just not completed their work or is something being done with the language?

1 comment:

Georgiann said...

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