Reid: Gold Butte National Monument "will happen before the first of the year"

Sen. Harry Reid is sure of it: Gold Butte will soon become a national monument. The Senate Minority Leader, along with Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, William Anderson, former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, and representatives from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Nevada Resort Association, held a press conference on Thursday to announce the release of a new report detailing damage done over the past year at Gold Butte near Mesquite. Sen. Harry Reid is sure of it: Gold Butte will soon become a national monument. The Senate Minority Leader, along with Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, William Anderson, former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, and representatives from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Nevada Resort Association, held a press conference on Thursday to announce the release of a new report detailing damage done over the past year at Gold Butte near Mesquite. Reid told reporters and supporters of the effort to provide greater protection to Gold Butte that he would continue to push President Obama to designate Gold Butte as a national monument and that “it is going to happen before the first of the year.” Reid, who introduced legislation in 2013 that would have designated Gold Butte as a National Conservation Area, said the only reason Gold Butte hadn’t already received greater protection was because “Republicans hate public lands.” Gold Butte is currently under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management but was left unmanaged and unpatrolled for more than two years following the 2014 standoff between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and BLM officials who sought to remove Bundy’s cattle from the area...more

Secretary Jewell hasn't held one of her "listening sessions", yet Harry Reid knows there will be a monument designated.  Just another indicator of what a farce they really are.