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Reeotch
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4 Corners Area
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 27, 2016 - 12:31pm PT
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The Intertribal Coalition, the driving force behind the proposed Bear's Ears National Monument(which includes the Indian Creek climbing area, has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Jewell voicing their support for continued climbing access should the monument become a reality.
I did not realize that the proposal included Indian Creek until I looked at the map.
While this proposal does represent the best of 2 current options for managing this area, it is unfortunate that there are only 2 options (IMHO). It is difficult to turn up details on this proposal, which will ultimately be up to president Obama before he leaves office in January. Here's a link to the Coalition's website where they have the full proposal:http://www.bearsearscoalition.org/
The tribes are asking for a seat at the table when it comes to how the Monument is managed. The final details will have to be hammered out if the proposal goes through.
The other proposal leaves vast areas open to oil and gas development (uranium too?), which is definitely out of the question for any sane environmentalist.
As far as climbing goes, here's a quote from the Access Fund, which has come out in support of the proposal: "Although climbing access is not guaranteed in either of these plans, Access Fund believes that in the current political climate a Bears Ears National Monument is the only realistic option for protecting the sensitive Bears Ears region." Emphasis added.
We've already seen rather heavy-handed tactics used by federal agencies in managing climbing on public lands in places like Joshua Tree and Arches. Are restrictions in our future? Maybe it is just inevitable.
I think I paid $30 last time I drove in to a National Monument.
Access Fund Update: https://www.accessfund.org/news-and-events/news/tribes-come-out-in-support-of-climbing-at-bears-ears
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c wilmot
climber
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Oct 27, 2016 - 01:04pm PT
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If it's a monument it will be managed by the park service. I am not sure how it would work as their is already the Bureau of indian affairsto manage land in conjunction with native Americans. Both are still under the DEpartment of the interior though
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Oct 27, 2016 - 01:07pm PT
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Wouldn't IC come under the supervision of the same administrators that have banned fixed gear at Arches National Monument?
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Reeotch
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4 Corners Area
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 27, 2016 - 01:23pm PT
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Wilmot, here's what I've heard. It sounds like the Tribes are asking for special consideration and a vote on management of the proposed Monument.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a secretarial order Friday designed to boost the role Native American tribes play in the management of federal land and water resources — a potential positive step for supporters of a proposed national monument in Utah.
But Willie Grayeyes, co-chairman of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, said the new directive falls short of what tribes want in a management approach for a proposed 1.9 million-acre monument in southeast Utah.
From: https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=41937233&nid=148&title=bears-ears-coalition-leader-says-jewell-order-lacks-equality-for-tribes
That's what I'm sayin' Munge . . .
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c wilmot
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Oct 27, 2016 - 01:33pm PT
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I was just pointing out we already have the BIA to manage land jointly with natives. I am just not sure an executive order could be given to give land to that agency in the same way Obama has used them to mandate monuments which are under the NPS. Personally the NPS really doesn't need more people to cluster what is already a poor system. But that's just my view
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Oct 27, 2016 - 02:55pm PT
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I was just pointing out we already have the BIA to manage land jointly with natives.
Hmm...
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