“Federal land should obviously be managed in a way that, whenever logical, recognizes, protects, even expands, that use,” writes the Editorial Board.
FILE - Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument is shown on May 8, 2017, in Utah.that would have the U.S. Bureau of Land Management officially consider conservation as one of the “multiple uses” intended for the huge swaths of public land it oversees is that it wasn’t written 47 years ago.oppose the new rule
Outdoor recreation and tourism are clearly the economic backbone of Utah outside the Wasatch Front. They employ more people and generate more income than ranching, drilling and mining put together. Federal land should obviously be managed in a way that, whenever logical, recognizes, protects, even expands, that use.
The 247 million acres under the protection of the BLM across the nation — and the 23 million acres it controls in Utah — are the legacy property of the American people. They belong to every American who lives and works in Utah. And in Colorado. And in New Jersey. And in Florida. And in Germany. And in Japan. And generations yet unborn.
But if they want to have any real influence over the decision-making process, they must demonstrate they are reasonable and informed representatives, not just partisan fear mongers. That they will use their positions to craft reasonable laws and rules, not just pitch a fit whenever someone suggests the land held in trust for the American people won’t always have as its highest and best use another drilling rig or grazing allotment.
One important tool in the kit for such efforts is something called a conservation lease. That’s a legal gizmo, similar to a grazing allotment or a drilling lease, that would allow conservation groups, Native American nations and others to pay the feds money for the right to designate a specific acreage, for a specific number of years, for efforts to protect, or reclaim, the land.
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