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Bears Ears And The PLI on Thursday's Access Utah

 

 

In the wake of U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s recent visit to the area being proposed by some for designation as Bear’s Ears National Monument, we’ll consider anew public lands issues in Utah. Reps. Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz have released their Public Lands Initiative legislation for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Chris Stewart has introduced an amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill that would restrict the president’s ability to create national monuments in Utah and other areas, under the Antiquities Act. And the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition is pushing for President Obama to create a national monument in southern Utah.

 

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Part two of our conversation. Tom speaks with Scott Groene, Executive Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.

 

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Part three of our conversation. Tom speaks with Ute Mountain Ute Councilwoman Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk from the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.

 

 

We’ll discuss these issues on Thursday’s Access Utah. Our guests include Rep. Chris Stewart; Scott Groene, Executive Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; and Ute Mountain Ute Councilwoman Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk from the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.

 

And we want to know what you think. Should president Obama declare a Bear’s Ears National Monument? Should the president’s power to create national monuments be restricted? What do you think about the Public Lands Initiative?

 

You can respond right now by email to upraccess@gmail.com  We’re on Facebook and Twitter @upraccess  And you can call us at 1-800-826-1495 during the program: Thursday from 9 AM to 10 AM.

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.