Support stretches across rural/urban divide
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** Oregon voters back Owyhee Canyonlands monument proposal
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Thursday, May 30, 2024
Owyhee Canyonlands, Center for Western Priorities ([link removed])
A new poll ([link removed]) finds a strong majority of Oregon voters support President Biden protecting the Owyhee Canyonlands region as a national monument. The Expedition Strategies poll ([link removed]) of 800 Oregon voters found that 73 percent support the national monument proposal, including 95 percent of Democrats, 76 percent of independents, and 40 percent of Republicans.
The pollsters also oversampled voters in politically conservative eastern Oregon, which is home to the Owyhee Canyonlands. 58 percent of those eastern Oregon voters ([link removed]) support the proposed monument.
The poll also found that two thirds of Oregon voters would have a more favorable view of Oregon's senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, if they supported the monument plan.
“Oregonians want to see the Owyhee protected and recognize that there is no time to lose,” said Lindsey Scholten ([link removed]) , executive director of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, which sponsored the poll. “These numbers make it clear that Senators Wyden and Merkley have the overwhelming support of Oregonians to call on President Biden to protect the Owyhee.”
Earlier this week, the Idaho Statesman noted that the Owyhees are already seeing increased visitation ([link removed]) during the spring and summer. With legislation to protect the area stalled in Congress, the locally-led coalition ([link removed]) backing the monument proposal is encouraging President Biden to invoke the Antiquities Act to designate the national monument, which would contribute significantly to the national "30x30" goal of protecting 30 percent of America's lands and waters by the end of the decade.
Learn more about the Owyhee Canyonlands ([link removed]) in CWP's Road to 30: Postcards ([link removed]) multimedia series.
** Quick hits
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Fire managers allow 12,000-acre NM wildfire to burn within overgrown forest
Source NM ([link removed])
Report: Livestock overgrazing causing even more damage to BLM lands than feral horses
E&E News ([link removed])
USFWS policy change could limit livestock grazing in wildlife refuges
Montana Public Radio ([link removed])
‘In the name of God:’ Rampant sexual abuse of Native American children at boarding schools exposed in new investigation
Washington Post ([link removed]) | PBS Newshour ([link removed])
BLM seeks input on off-highway vehicle plan in southeast Utah
Times-Independent ([link removed])
Land swap could significantly improve fishing access on Colorado's Blue River
CBS Colorado ([link removed])
People outraged after guy named Nick defaces Yellowstone thermal feature
Cowboy State Daily ([link removed])
8 quirky Colorado places to visit this summer
Colorado Sun ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” There is no place that a child could be safe from predators, pedophiles, from so much abuse, strappings, rippings, beatings, putting in dark closets, wearing a dunce cap in the front of the classroom, running the gauntlets. There is no place to get away from any of what we were experiencing.”
—Jim LaBelle, Indian boarding school survivor, PBS NewsHour ([link removed])
** Picture This
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@yellowstonenps ([link removed])
If the winter-like weather in Yellowstone over Memorial Day Weekend made you want to stick your head in the snow until it warms ups, take heart. Things can change fast here in Yellowstone. Summer weather will be here soon, undoubtedly interrupted by a few more gasps of winter.
If you are planning a trip here, make sure to stay up to date on conditions that will affect your travels. Download the official NPS app or visit the Current Conditions page at [link removed] to stay up to date.
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