I believe the dominant religion in Utah owns the DL&L. 80% plus of the elected office holders in Utah are members of the dominant religion. I think they can, and do, whatever they please. Mystery solved? I've never liked that set up over in the Occupied Territory.
Back in the "Olden" days when I worked for the Forest Service in the Black Hills we would propose an Rx fire to underburn the pondo to take out the little regen and mimic the historic vegetation of widely spaced, fire resistant trees. Of course, pastures would need to be rested and rotations...
I read that article in Outside magazine in August of 1978, back before the magazine became a Patagucci catalog for patchouli wearing hipsters. I was in a fire camp at the fairgrounds in Redding, California waiting to get re-assigned to another fire. Folks had dropped off old books and magazines...
I think Colorado Parks and Wildlife are manipulating my Big Game Applications for non-residents and Wyoming Game and Fish are giving preference to Freedom Caucus members and evangelicals. Let the conspiracies begin!
What's the soil type, moisture and elevation? If it wants to be sagebrush it probably will be. Maybe some variety of crested wheat grass and intermediate wheat grass seeded with some natives (including forbs and shrubs) which will eventually take over. Also, any time a realtors lips are moving...
Dick Miller/Escalante Ranch had a very large grazing permit with a long season of use creating a pretty substantial western public lands ranching operation on both the BLM and USFS (with a little CPW thrown in), with this ranch as base property to qualify for the permits. This was the real...
I love how everyone talks about retiring someplace where they can western big game hunt. If you're talking a lot of elk hunting, you needed to do that in your 20's, 30's and 40's. I know, you'll still be running marathons into your 70's (yeah, right). I've lived in Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming...