In the spirit of the Christmas season I'm delivering a gift to the mining industry, |
It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. |
It's a hopeful message that we have found ways to live in balance with God's creation and with all the nature around us, |
It's a very tough situation, ... We've got two, three more weeks, maybe a month of fire season, and the weather prognosis is not very good. |
It's clear that there were large mistakes of agency oversight. Lessons must be learned from this. |
It's going to be a long tough summer, ... There's no relief in sight. We've got September and October to go. |
Lessons must be learned from this. |
Mistakes began with the preparation of the prescribed fire plan, ... Had those calculations been properly done, there would have been a larger background personnel and support (team on hand). |
Mistakes were made, ... You don't prosecute people for making mistakes. |
Stewart Udall, more than any other single person, was responsible for reviving the national commitment to conservation and environmental preservation. |
That book really awakened people to what was going on, |
The causal chain of this fire is quite complex, ... I would liken it to what happens on a mountainside when a rock is dislodged, starts rolling down a hill, pretty soon there are more rocks clattering down the hill ... soon there's an avalanche. |
The creation of the Grand Staircase was a major chapter in the history of our public lands, |
The creation of the Grand Staircase was a major chapter in the history of our public lands, ... As time goes on, more and more residents of Utah will come to see it as a great benefit for the entire state. |
The entitlement for more than 100 years has been rock-bottom grazing fees, |