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100% agree- Fruita CM is equally bad.

The City Market in Moab is perhaps the worst.

Despite Colorado being the most popular destination for river recreation in the country, we have some of the worst public access laws in the west. Common Waters, a film that will educate the public on our river access rights - or lack thereof - and inspire Coloradans to take action.

A public lands protest will take place this Saturday, March 1st, at the Dinosaur National Monument entrance (Utah side), in support of federal employee community members who have recently lost their jobs.

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#Paleontology #Dinosaurs #NationalParks

Trump moves to claw back almost 50 years of NEPA regs The White House over the weekend formally moved to scrap rules issued under the National Environmental Policy Act since the 1970s.

Awww HELL NO.

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Been working on a new film about stream access in Colorado, & stoked to include an interview with Mark Udall!

Thanks for the lift @lighthawk-org.bsky.social Great day to soar over the Green River scoping a mineral rush by foreign capitalists to plunder lithium and potash at the expense of wildlands and water from the Colorado River Basin that doesn’t exist.

Meet my bestie Harper!

Dinosaur National Monument will forever be a home and place of wonder. Big love for NE Utah.

This who I’m fighting for. Love you sweet child of mine

Group camp, San Juan River.

River users will now be fully funding the responses to their river activities. & the general public which do not use the river corridor, will no longer have their tax dollars paying for an activity in which they do not participate.

95% of the funding from these fees goes directly back to the recreational river community to serve their needs along the river.
The remaining 5% goes to the administrative support of mitigation, monitoring, emergency response, & river patrol.

A program that hasn't adjusted Non-commercial river charges in 26 years. The level of management
required to meet the standards set by the Colorado River Management
Plan (CRMP) require a level of fiscal output that is unsustainable under the current charging structure.

I'm a firm believer of equitable access to public lands, but opposed to blatant entitlement. it's no secret that private boaters haven't paid their fair share in supporting the Grand Canyon river program, while enjoying all the benefits- of which are many.

having already floated the Grand multiple times-often doing multiple trips on other rivers annually. other rivers annually. Likely the same group of people complaining there aren't enough permits… So I question the authenticity ol protesting the fee coming too cost
prohibitive.

Consider the point of view, that paying anywhere from $4-$12 extra dollars a day for the privilege/ access/management of a globally rare experience is a bargain.
As a private boater, let's face it. The majority of private boaters opposing a fee increase are repeat-customers…

Take a look at the numbers. In 2018, Grand Canyon commercial users paid $5.5 million to the National Park Service and private users paid $686,500. Meaning that commercial receipts for Grand Canyon river trips in 2018 represented 89% of total 2018 revenues on that river.

Recently the news hit the private boating community that NPS is weighing a fee increase for non-commercial boaters, and the response has been cringe

Little screed on raising fees for non-commercial boaters in the Grand Canyon.

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No culture founded on invasion is legitimate.

For 50 years, Saggletoorh Rapid on the Dolores River, has made a lasting impression on all those who have made passage through the turbulent portal. Or in this case portaging around what seems impassable. In either account, it’s truly unforgettable.
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By far & away, my favorite zone in Utah.

It’s madness & somewhat dangerous working in public land conservation these days. The amount of right wing vitriol, & absolute bonkers conspiracy theory nonsense is rampant. Right here in Colorado too.

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More lithium projects approved in Utah’s redrock country - The Times-Independent Landon Newell, a SUWA staff attorney, said the nonprofit believes the new BLM approvals “completely fail to give this remarkable landscape the respect it deserves.”

Committing millions of gallons of water to speculative mining projects is reckless and irresponsible land management @BLMUtah

Protecting the remaining islands of wildlife habitat is the most sustainable and tangible asset Americans can enjoy.

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Utah right wing nut jobs are up to some shit yawl.

Hey what’s up yawl!? Just arrived and looking to connect with any & all outdoor recreation/wild land conservation heads here.

I’m a Dad, storyteller and land/water advocate based in SW Colorado.