OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Joint Release: Hatch and Lee Sponsor Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Grazing Protection Act

Press Release

Date: Feb. 4, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food Arts, Entertainment, and History

Today, Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee announced their sponsorship of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Grazing Protection Act. The bill comes at a time when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has reduced permitted grazing to the lowest levels the range has seen, despite recognition of grazing as an important heritage of the region. This bill will preserve the historical uses of the land in addition to granting BLM clear authority to issue future grazing permits.

Senator Hatch said: "When President Clinton designated the Grand Staircase-Escalante a monument, I called it "the mother of all land grabs.' But BLM's ongoing campaign to reduce grazing here makes it look more like a hijacking. We cannot stand idly by while work that previous generations have done is being undermined."

Senator Lee said: "Grazing is a critical component of Utah's rural economy and this amendment, if adopted, would preserve the grazing rights that Utah families have used for generations."


Source
arrow_upward