Followup to Obama’s move to temporarily delay mining claims on a million scenic acres is shaping up into a major battle-
Mine ban at Canyon may fuel new fight By Shaun McKinnon and Erin Kelly. Azcentral.com
Polls show the state’s residents support the general position of Grijalva.
The Arizona Strip is a vast area of mostly BLM lands north of the Grand Canyon and south of the Utah border. Although there are backroads and grazing, it has almost no full time residents.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
Have to remember, AZ is ran by Republicans, and they are the greedy, non caring of what the people of this state want, as long as it lines their/states pockets with money. It is a disgrace to live in AZ these days! They can not even figure out the state budget cause they are all fighting about it! I hope Salazar can keep the rule in.