The federal Bureau of Land Management has announced it plans to return to work, clean up and access the Gold Butte region near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch for the first time since Bundy and his brigade led a standoff against BLM officials in 2014. "Due to safety and security concerns, BLM employees have not conducted
field work in the Gold Butte area in northeastern Clark County since
early 2014. With the support of the local community, BLM officials have
determined that the conditions are now right to resume work,"
a release from the agency
stated. "BLM archaeologists, law enforcement officers, and local
agency leadership have all visited the area over the past month." The list of to-dos for the BLM include "assessing the damage to cultural
heritage sites," which may have been damaged after the standoff or
related illegal grazing in the area. The BLM will also be "partnering
with the National Park Service on critical repairs to communications
infrastructure" and conducting road maintenance...
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And this Salt Lake Tribune article notes:
The release says BLM Director Neil Kornze was among a group that visited
the popular Whitney Pockets area — on the eastern edge of Gold Butte
next to Virgin Mountain — where some of Gold Butte's distinctive red
sandstone formations had been vandalized and a felled Joshua tree had
caught the attention of Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, who shared a photo on
the Senate floor. The group saw evidence of overgrazing and trampling by
cattle, the release said.
Reid has called for President Barack Obama to use his executive powers to designate the Gold Butte area a national monument.
If Obama were to designate it as a national monument, what do you think the grazing language will say?
2 comments:
OBVIOUSLY the "WESTERNER" is a very far left liberal ( And tainted) biased Media. The People that were there in support of Bundy were not, I REPEAT NOT "ANTI GOVERNMENT" They were about GOVERNMENT OVEREACH and Nazi like Tactics used on the American People. BUNDY Has NOT REFUSED TO Pay for Grazing fees. HE Believes in DUE Process of which he has been denied. HE WANTED and RIGHTFULY SO...to PAY THE STATE OF NEVADA...who is TOO Couwardly and COW TOWS To The Corrupt Harry Reid and his cronies. IF YOU at "THE WESTERNER" are going to REPORT....make sure you do not use Sensationalistic ENFLAMATORY speech NOW, lets see if you will be willing to let this comment and truths go up and stay up?
Oh, it will stay up. Its to humorous to delete. In fact, I will publish it on the blog, along with my response. Watch for Sunday's edition.
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