Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 18:57:27 GMT -6
SALT LAKE CITY — The key staffer for Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, working on the Public Lands Initiative said the push for the Bears Ears National Monument is "dishonest" and an attempt to derail the success of the state's largest public lands bill.
Casey Snyder, Bishop's legislative director, told Utah lawmakers that Native Americans rallying for the designation of 1.9 million acres as a new national monument in the Bears Ears area of San Juan County have been misled.
"It is dishonest in what it represents and will have detrimental effects on the people in the area should a monument designation go through," Snyder told members of the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee during a Wednesday meeting.
"The negative comments are being brought about by environmental groups who would rather see a monument than finality brokered by the Public Lands Initiative."
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865656240/Bishop-staffer-Push-for-Bears-Ears-monument-is-dishonest.html