| Show j l 0 Dear DearIn Same Sam In the August 25 1966 Times Independent Mr Robert E. E Anderson DistrIct District District Dis Dis- Manager Bureau of Land Management had an article headed Area GrazIng Grazing Grazing Graz Graz- ing Permits Cut Drastically ly by y B B. B L 1 M M. from which 1 quote The rhe B. B L L. M. M Dis District Is- Is M Manager nager pointed d Out that the Bureau for the past year has attempted to negotiate to te an agn ement With ranchers Involved in a 1 Moab grazing unit This is isan an erroneous statement In J Fe Ty the there irn W wasp wasa l. pro bro mi 11 j tt f fore re the AA- AA Asti Board ant and tM the thc Ad 1 Board covered coveted the range bi and made their recommendation n which was was a 25 25 per cent reduction to be bee applied over a three- three year period and nd necessary range Improvements to be completed by the B. B L L. M. M and and perm tees no range I improvements have ever be been beeh h constructed except an occasional water development development development develop develop- ment and after n l year five period the numbers would either diminish or increase as the actual condition of the range range warranted Now the perm tee were not in accordance ac with any type of reduction until these range improvements had I proven themselves but the they have so much respect for forthe forthe for the Advisory ory Board Doard particularly particularly par pal since they are not users ot of this particular range and could possibly see things necessary that the themen themen themen men continuously on the ground dont dent see see that they accepted d the recommendation tion of ot the Advisory Board Now it has always been the policy polley and procedure of the B. B L. L M. M to notify the within two weeks s after an advisory board bom as Jo xo o what they m ma t. t nt them an opportunity op ito to to go through the avenues of escape as the Government sets forth for them But Dut in this case no notice w was s sent until this this' document breaks in the paper This is approxImately approximately seven months from the time of the hoard Board meet meetIng Ing but the Government says Mr Livestock Man Ma If you want to protest any action taken we give you thirty days from the time notice Is mailed This to m me indicates that it has taken talen them quite a while to o lay their att attack ck Lets Let's look at these Advisory Advisory Advis ory Board members member just a n moment They are men that have spent their en en- tire Mire lives In the livestock business and in this C case se own own large blocks of grazIng grazing graz- graz Ing in hi both Utah and Colo redo rado and must properly manage manage same lands to their highest advantage or they would not still be in the livestock business They are also men of at community Activity Activity Activity Act Act- interests since they like our local men who are being put out of 01 business support their communities through large larg tax payments to city county and Federal spend many hours In in sch school ol oland and church activities which takes not only time but money and have raised families families fam lam flies find and nd some of them grand children that are old enough to become interest interest- lied ed ed In other words they are part of the solid backbone of each community while our Federal Federa employee Js is a 11 ri transient s1 t type type of ot citizen I They ate are subject to tt transfer at any moment and are arc but buta n a a shadow in our local econ econ- omy they are in ninety nine out of onehundred one ope onehundred hundred cases very fine chaps but no experience whatever in the thing they are charged d with Management Management Manage Manage- ment of our resources and stabilization of the livestock industry particularly the latter I woM wonder r many times If U Uthe the businessmen in every locality what is happening hap hap- pening to their business when whole Industries are slowly being Annihilated Each one of these I spends a good many dollars I in our stores on doctor bills attorney fees in fact they play a big part In the local economy omy I would like to make myself myself myself my my- self available to all of t the business mend cha chamber of commerce and all b Business orga organization of o our our r to town n to to- to answer all statements herein set forth plus many others and I would particularly particularly particularly want to 10 have Mr Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson in attendance with his records J J. J D D. D Dillard North First East Moab Utah Tel 2801 |
