Utah is blessed to have some of the most diverse, spectacular and iconic landscapes in America, and we who live here think of ourselves as their stewards. There is a sanctity in protecting our land and our landscapes. These federal public lands belong to all Utahns — and to every American. The current administration is prioritizing gas, oil, mineral and ranching interests over everything else. Nothing else matters: Not the watershed, or recreation, or hunting, or fishing, or clean air, or climate change (which Donald Trump denies even exists). Our environmental protections are being gutted, putting the health and well being of our citizens at risk. The assault on our stewardship, of our life-supporting, God-given assets, has been quick and brutal. New BLM plans have been drafted and deployed without adequate opportunity for study or public input, and the greater community involvement that has occurred has been a charade. The take downs of Grand Staircase and Bears Ears national mo...
