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    Rural Economic Reality in Utah

    This was not written specifically for a public land issue post. It is addressed instead to the Utah State Legislature that is currently in session. Long-time readers of these posts understand the zeal with which Utah fights for control of federal lands. I post it to offer some personal...
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    Thinking of a new business venture

    Check your PM file. Good luck.
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    Sage Grouse Habitat Change

    Thoughts? http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/10/05/feds-remove-protections-for-10m-acres-of-sage-grouse-habitat-including-231000-in-utah/
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    A visit with Dad...........

    Onpoint you made me think of my blind luck. Below are links to photos of my 83 year-old father this past August. One is with me (you can see he isn't used to selfies). The pictures are from an annual family fishing trip where we've traveled the West (public land, of course) over the past...
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    Buck habit question

    I hope you have that deer tagged by now. If not, I can tell you that a buck like that probably has a pattern and it could be longer than three or four days to return to it. Not sure what part of northern Utah you're hunting (my spot had more hunters opening day than the past five years...
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    E.P.A. Chief Changing Rules

    Respondents-- I appreciate your responses. Carefully stated and with information I have no way of knowing. All laws affect each of us in different states in varied ways. My trust is this forum becomes more a place of thoughtful dialogue for things we disagree on, while maintaining the aims...
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    E.P.A. Chief Changing Rules

    I'd like to hear opinions about the piece below from the New York Times of 2 July. As sportsmen and women, there's not a person on this forum who doesn't see the need to protect habitat. It's the only thing that keeps our recreation viable. In particular, comments on the changes in clean...
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    Utah land management and fire

    Observations and considerations. Macroeconomics. Is there demand for the bark infested timber at current lumber prices in a mass market? There are many variables in cost, including transportation, current price, current and projected demand for lumber that is bark beetle infested (it often...
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    Clean Water Rule Scrapped

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/01/white-house-proposes-cutting-epa-staff-by-one-fifth-eliminating-key-programs/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_epa-210pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6907fc29f180
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    "Access" and "Be Prepared" Boogie Men and Public Lands Transfer Legislation

    For those following the logic of the "red map," I encourage a reading of Beyond the 100th Meridian. This Wallace Stegner work first published in 1954 and referencing the writings of John Wesley Powell from the 1870's states eloquently the causes for the "red" in the American West. All the...
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    Thanks, Dukes. And for the supportive Utah posts--not that I mind more space for us this fall...
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    Thank you very much for saying so. I consider myself lucky to have had him in my life growing up.
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    He's my uncle.
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    Outdoor Industry Association

    Below is a link to the entire, 700 plus page report on transfer of lands to the state of Utah--it's on the right side of the page to open. It is well written and documented and is clear about the necessity of high oil and gas prices plus their (perpetual?) royalties to make the change feasible...
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    Thanks for update, Oneye. Utah now up to a $1B loss in the next six years from one group. I think the absurdity of losing this convention is the fact that rattling swords in this case is tilting at windmills. That is, trying to transfer lands to state ownership is not, repeat, not a panacea...
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    Straight Arrow-- The move to state ownership is something I am personally against. The land belongs to all Americans and with state ownership, there's no guarantee lands will stay accessible for all. An economic report finished in 2015 made arguments that the state could afford to manage...
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    Outdoor Retailer Show Leaving Utah

    It's finally happened. I know some on this forum are already hostile to my home and I don't think this will help much. http://www.sltrib.com/news/4952414-155/outdoor-retailer-is-leaving-utah-over
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    Election 2016

    The first presidential debate is about over. Not really impressed. So in the spirit of what motivates, a call for change. I use public land and I think everyone else here does, too. So we need a duo with experience (real life, not D.C. or soft hands crowds), understanding and Western...
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    Public Land Transfer and 2016 Election

    For your consideration. I'm interested to hear your thoughts. Mr. Trump wins the presidency. The Republican Party retains the Senate (likely if Mr. Trump wins) and House (virtually a certainty). Mr. Trump will appoint the new supreme court justice. That leaves a court of Justices Alito and...
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    Bill S3205 Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas

    This bill was sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and is enthusiastically supported by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), both vocal supporters of federal land transfer. I suspect the bill is aimed at agitating the environmental outdoor community. Hunters and horsemen collateral damage.
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