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ShareTrails | Lost Trails Guide #9 | San Rafael Desert, UT | BLM Route SS4121 | Dispersed Camping in the San Rafael Desert
Overview: The Family Butte area, located within the San Rafael Desert south of Green River, UT, contains a network of trails that explore breathtaking cliffs and remote, desert landscape. Located within this network, BLM Route SS4121 stands out as a must-see for anyone looking to get off the beaten path and enjoy a remote, camping
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RANGEfire! | Colorado’s progressive governor would rather see animals starve than gather wild horses
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Starvation on the sagebrush sea By Rachel Gabel for Colorado Politics The Piceance (pronounced pee-anse) East Douglas Herd Management Area near Meeker is home to more feral horses than the dry, hard country can support. Gov. Jared Polis recently penned a letter to Bureau of Land Management Acting Director Stephanie Connolly…
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Protect The Harvest | When Did Feeding Your Family Become Controversial
Imagine a world where providing nutritious food for your family is looked down upon and considered a societal sin. Imagine a world where that nutritious food has been regulated almost out of existence and is no longer available to anyone except the very wealthy. That world is no longer that hard to imagine. Each year…
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Protect The Harvest | Pray for Porter Fundraisers for the Hulme Ranch Family
#PrayforPorter It’s the call no parent wants to get- your children have been in a horrific vehicle accident. The Hulme Family from Hulme Ranch received that call days ago. Their two boys were returning from a roping event and a tire blew causing a wreck. The family needs support. Donation information is below. There are…
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Protect The Harvest | FLASHBACK: HOW ONE GREEN GROUP IS BUYING UP GRAZING ALLOTMENTS TO KEEP CATTLE OFF THE RANGE
Hostile Takeover: How Grand Canyon Trust is Driving Real Ranchers Off the Range By Marjorie Haun from an article in Range Magazine from Spring 2020 Giving credit where credit is due, you have to hand it to the “lock-up-the-lands” environmentalists. They never seem to run out of creative ideas when it comes to fulfilling their…
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ShareTrails | A Sustainable Approach to Managing the Colorado River
The ongoing drought has forced everybody to think more creatively and cooperatively than ever before when it comes to managing the Colorado River. As the states (and other parties at the table) get together to re-imagine how the Colorado River watershed will be managed, it’s going to be difficult because the issues are so complex. Water supply. Energy. Recreation. Economics. Ecology. Is
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ShareTrails | Memorial Day, Frontiers, and Freedom
I was recently invited to be a guest on the STO Nation podcast, which is part of the Storytellers Overland community. For the closing question of the interview, I was asked “what does it mean to be part of the STO Nation community?” Here is my response: I think what has made the American Experience
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ShareTrails | Haters gonna hate
Last week a local Moab Newspaper published a letter to the editor complaining about BRC’s efforts to fight for our members in Moab. Here you can read it for yourself: The mindset from the article shows why we think it’s so important to challenge the policies in Moab that are intended to harm OHV businesses/events
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RANGEfire! | Brown Water and My Brother’s Blood
Originally found on RANGEfire!. By RANGE contributor and freelance journalist Marjorie Haun Retrospective: Frederick Don Snyder KIA Vietnam, May 17, 1970 May 1970 That day in May of 1970 rendered perfect spring weather. As the lawn sprinklers beat out their lively tick, and a cloudless sky domed above my head, I twirled breezily in our…
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RANGEfire! | Why aren’t animal rights activists fighting the “Condor Cuisinarts?”
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Not Here, Not Now, Not This Kind by RANGE contributor GREG WALCHER An Ellsworth, Maine newspaper columnist lamented voters’ defeat of a transmission line to bring renewable energy. “Talk about mixed messages. We want renewable energy but not here, not now, not this kind. We have to reduce our reliance on…