I am off to Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Board. I have to say that being on a Wilderness advocacy board in Utah is like being an atheist at a Christian fundamentalist church gathering. It is pretty much a hard road to travel given the inclinations of the Utah Legislature who have just appropriated $3 million dollars to sue the United States to get all public land turned over to the state. These guys are incredibly stupid. And they keep getting worse. I have been on this board for over 20 years and the political scene in Utah just gets weirder and weirder.
The magnificent landscapes of Utah are under real threats due to the legislature and counties attempting to claim rights of way for non existent roads through every park, wilderness study area and monument. Thousands of roads. All at the behest of the oil, gas and mining industries. Groups like the Alliance fight back and use the courts and public opinion to fight the craziness. It is great to be part of this fight. I have been doing it for twenty years now. It is a fight that is seemingly endless.
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An endless and often thankless fight. Here's a thank you for doing it.
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