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Moab Merchants speak out.......
I copied this from a friend's post on the local board:
************************************************** http://www.suwa.org/entry.php?entry_id=657 OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR HUNTSMAN SIGNED BY MORE THAN 100 UTAH BUSINESSES Businesses and Conservation Groups*Urge Governor to Protect Utah Wilderness More than 100 Utah business owners, residents and conservation groups joined together to praise Gov. Jon Huntsman for supporting Utah?s wild landscapes and to question recent actions jeopardizing these special places.* They voiced their concerns in an open letter published in*the Easter Sunday edition of the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News.* The letter writers ? who include a broad spectrum of residents and businesses from all over Utah, like former Grand County Council member Al McLeod; the Alta Lodge; Moab Chevron; Powder Corporation of Park City; and Petzl America ? say several recent legal steps taken by the State of Utah could undermine protection of key natural areas and cost the state valuable opportunities for economic development.* Several lawsuits brought by the state seek to turn dirt trails across scenic public lands into highways. The state is also supporting a legal challenge to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Dear Governor Huntsman: We wish to congratulate you as you begin your tenure as Utah?s new governor, and to thank you for your expressions of commitment to Utah?s wild places at the recent Outdoor Retailers Convention. We represent a broad spectrum of well over 100 business owners, conservation organizations and individuals who understand that preserving Utah?s spectacular landscapes is key to our quality of life. Our natural setting is central to our identity and economy. It is the reason we live here, play here, raise our families here and keep our businesses here. Which is why we are deeply concerned about recent actions by the State of Utah that threaten this setting and so much of what we value about where we live. Recently, the State of Utah joined a legal challenge to the creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The State of Utah is spending millions of dollars on lawsuits to turn phantom ?roads? and jeep tracks into highway rights-of-way. This action could create a destructive and unnecessary spider web of roads through some of our wildest and most sensitive landscapes. This includes Canyonlands National Park, where lawyers for the state have filed a lawsuit claiming that a lush, remote streambed ? essential to native plants and wildlife ? is actually a state ?highway?. State lawyers have pressured federal land managers working on long-term planning for public lands to minimize protection of Utah?s most magnificent, undeveloped wild places. Some of the special places at risk are Utah icons: National parks, like Zion and Canyonlands; Factory Butte; Cedar Mesa and its archaeological wonders; the Canyons of the Escalante; the Kaiparowits Plateau and the San Rafael Swell. We hope you recognize that these actions threaten some of the most magnificent landscapes on earth ? landscapes which also contribute significantly to a vibrant economy in Utah. Taxpayer money should not be spent in efforts that undercut both the beauty and the long-term economic prosperity of our unique state. We urge you to use the authority of your office to protect these special places. Generations to follow will be grateful for the legacy of vast, unspoiled spaces and their enduring peace, solitude and grandeur. Signed: Action Consulting, Inc., Moab Al McLeod, Grand County Council (former member), Moab Alder Photo & Writing, Springdale Alta Lodge, Alta Angel Rock Real Estate, Moab Arrow Construction Company, Inc., Kamas Avalanche Properties, Park City Back of Beyond Books, Moab Black Diamond Equipment, Salt Lake City Bob Walker Art and Design, Moab Boulder Mountain Lodge, Boulder Braun Books, Cedar City Bruce Hucko Photography, Moab Buffalo Bistro, Glendale Business Management Services, Moab Caineville Mesa Market, Caineville Canyon Springs Consulting, Moab Canyon Voyages Adventure Company, Moab Canyonlands Field Institute, Moab Canyonlands Film Society, Moab Center Caf?, Moab Chris Noble Photography, Salt Lake City Chums, Inc., Hurricane Colorado Plateau River Guides, Moab Colorado River and Trail, Salt Lake City Cottonwood Condos, Moab Critter Corner, Kanab Data Wranglers, Inc., Moab Desert Digital Imaging, Moab Earthstudio, Moab Eddie McStiff?s, Moab Exquisite Container Gardens, Moab Fando Guest House, Moab Far Out Expeditions, Moab Far Out Expeditions, Bluff Flanigan?s Inn, Zion National Park, Springdale Footprints Inc., Moab Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Monticello Four-Corners Archaeological Services, Moab Framed Image, Moab Fullam Fireworks, Moab Gaia Design, Moab Gearheads, Moab Gilberg Design, Kanab Glyphics Designer Gourds, Moab Grand Canyon Trust, Moab Grand County Law and Justice Center, Moab Great Basin Chiropractic, Salt Lake City Green River Boaters, Vernal Groovacious, Cedar City Healing Arts on Center, Moab Heartstone Massage, Moab High Desert Gardens, Moab Hike Moab, Moab Horse Mountain Woodwork and Plaster, Moab Hound Dog Sound, Moab Human Resource Development, Moab Independent Publishing Company, St. George Infinite Health ? The Bridge, Moab Inskip Ink, Moab James Kay Photography, Salt Lake City Joe Sorensen Construction, Inc., Moab Joel Nystrom Construction, Moab Knave of Hearts Bakery, Moab Lisa Albert, LMT, Moab Living Rivers, Moab Lost River Company, Moab Lucky Dog Communications, Salt Lake City Main Street Music and Video, Moab Manzana Springs Farm, Moab Mean Bean Coffee House, Springdale Miguel?s Baja Grill, Moab Moab Chevron, Moab Moab Folk Festival, Moab Moab Lodging, Moab Moab Property Management, Inc., Moab Moab Storage, Moab Moab/Canyonlands Central Reservations, Moab Moabilia, Moab Mondo Caf?, Moab OkOkOk Productions, Moab Outdoor Utah Vacation Guide, Salt Lake City Paragon Painting, Moab Passage to Utah, Salt Lake City Patagonia, Salt Lake City Peace Tree Juice Caf?, Inc., Moab Petzl America, Clearfield Phil Triolo & Associates, Salt Lake City Plateau Restoration, Inc., Moab Poison Spider Bicycles, Moab Powder Corporation, Park City Raven Canyon Ranch, Kanab Red Dirt Ranch Enterprises, Kanab Red Rock Bakery, Moab Red Rock Forests, Moab Rim Tours, Moab Rocking V Caf?, Kanab Rustic Furniture of Moab, Moab Sacred Earth Foundation, Ivins SereneScapes Illustration, Moab Sierra Club (Utah Chapter), Salt Lake City Slickrock Adventures, Moab Slickrock Caf??, Moab Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City Sunshine Deli, Moab Tesch Law Offices PC, Park City Thunderpaws, Kanab Travis Kelly Graphics, Moab Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City Tree of Life, Moab Under-the-Eaves Bed and Breakfast, Springdale Utah Guides and Outfitters, Moab Vortex Outdoors, Salt Lake City Wasatch Frame Shop, Salt Lake City Wasatch Touring, Salt Lake City Whipple Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Moab Will Cooper Acupuncture, Moab Willow Canyon Outdoors, Kanab Words and Photographs by Stephen Trimble, Salt Lake City Xetava Gardens, Ivins Paid for by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance **************************************************
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That's all bs Eric - there are a whole bunch of businesses on there that claim they never signed that POS.
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It's certainly evident that many of the cyclist in Moab are greenies and they often express their disaproval as we pass them on the trails. How would this campaign of false signings benefit the greenies? I just returned from Moab on Sunday and you should have seen the bumper stickers on Volkswagen vans! Potato Salad Hill was closed on a daily basis due to private land owner complaints as well as Moab citizens even though the Jeepers were bringing big money to their town. Keep in mind that this town thrives on moneys brought in over a period of about two months.
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IMO, USWA more than likely used the same techiniques for this campaign just as they and other non-recreationist groups do all so often.......they did not lie.....they simply didn't tell everything needed for the average person to make an informed decision.
A clip from the USWA web page from the above link. Several lawsuits brought by the state seek to turn dirt trails across scenic public lands into highways. The state is also supporting a legal challenge to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The 1st sentence might very well be true. Perhaps the state is trying to spend $$ and make a dirt trail into a highway......or.....perhaps the state is trying to get that dirt trail classified as a road so that the land it goes through can not be turned into another wilderness area. As to the 2nd sentence.....just what is the challenge being brought against the monmument? They don't say.....so how the $%^(~! could you make any kind of a decision on that? But perhaps because it follows the 1st sentence which sounds "bad", then the 2nd sentence must be bad also....BAD, BAD, BAD state of Utah. Any of us that have been involved with land use/access issues in recent years should all be VERY aware of the half truths and disinformation that is the corner stone of the programs these a$$holes push at the unspecting. If you believe otherwise, you are just sticking your head in the sand (which leaves your a$$ sticking up in the air and available for others to use at your expense). Edit: If the first sentence was worded as.... Several lawsuits brought by the state seek to turn a dirt trail that crosses scrub brush covered public land (that has no economic value) into a highway so residents of _______ don't have to spend 4 hours driving to the closest hospital. Would the above statement invoke the same motional response from the cluless masses and cause them to rally to the cause? Not likely. |
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WOW! The chit is hitting the fan across the 4x4 boards. Me thinks a certain organization is in big twouble.
What would be funny is if this anti-access hoax backfires and garners more support for the offroaders.
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