Outdoor Retailer Show Boycott in Utah
What are your thoughts? Lots of drama on this issue...
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SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of major outdoor companies on Tuesday ramped up a threat to get a lucrative outdoor trade show to leave Utah unless the governor and elected officials back away from policies they say threaten public lands.
Leaders of Black Diamond Equipment, Osprey Packs and 28 other outdoor companies sent a letter to Gov. Gary Herbert that says Utah leaders are threatening the outdoor industry by pushing back against federal land control and management.
"We see all of these actions as an existential threat to the vibrancy of Utah and America's outdoor industry, as well as Utah's high quality of life," the letter said.
The letter comes two days before Herbert is expected to meet with outdoor retailers to try to smooth the discord.
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Outdoor Retailer Show Boycott in Utah
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Originally Posted by
uintafly
This site does have a strange anti-environment stance considering how we all like to recreate. I have spent enough time back east, where there is little public land, to not want that here. The easy and cheap access we have to a million different outdoor activities is what makes the west what it is. Are we ever going to see a drilling rig on Delicate Arch? No, but we very well may see one on the Kolob Terrace road soon. But I am personally more worried about locked gates and "No Trespassing" signs anyway.
Once it is sold to into private hands - that land is gone forever. Period. I would deal with crowds and trash on public land many times over rather than seeing a parcel of land in private hands.
And that land will never become public again. And besides it's not like we are getting more and more land each day. And now, just like you were saying, now you can get a trespassing ticket in the desert or mountains. That's messed up.
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Outdoor Retailer Show Boycott in Utah
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Originally Posted by
tallsteve
Just out of curiosity, did creating the Grand Staircase National Monument increase the amount of visitors? By a little bit or by a lot? If by a lot, how has the increased number of visitors affected the land (serious question, because I don't know)? Nobody I associate with on a regular basis had ever even heard of the Bears Ear area. Now, they all want to go there. Is that a good thing?
I emailed the BLM down there exactly this question almost two months ago and have not heard back. I'm sure they have been bombarded with other similar questions. And escalate has over 21 years now of being a National Monument so they should have some good statistics by now.
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