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Maybe next they can name highway 191 through Sublette County Wyoming the "Obama Highway to the Oil and Gas Fields" since he was just as supportive of energy as Trump is National Parks. Noel has nothing better to do than this? Like a budget?
The Emperor's new clothes.
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Rep. Mike Noel proposes a Utah highway name change to honor President Donald Trump
Make highways great again?
Rep. Mike Noel is proposing to rename a route through southern Utah as the ?Donald J. Trump National Parks Highway.?
Noel, R-Kanab, famous for fighting the federal government over public lands, says it would help send the message that ?contrary to some beliefs out there, Donald Trump really is a supporter of public lands. He?s a big supporter of national parks.?
Part of his motive for introducing HB481, said Noel, is to thank Trump for shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
That action has been decried as a travesty by environmentalists and American Indian tribes, who are challenging the executive orders in federal court. And Noel?s bill is seen by some as a stunt aimed at rubbing salt in the wound.
"We are not going to waste any of our time on his ludicrous bill. I would certainly hope he's not serious about it. It looks like a message bIll to me," said Ashley Soltysiak, of the Sierra Club.
Noel says he's serious about his proposal.
?For me personally, I was really, really happy that he downsized the Grand Staircase monument and Bears Ears because I believe that multiple use of public lands with adequate environmental protections is better than taking everything off the table,? Noel said.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politic...-name-change-to-honor-president-donald-trump/
Go team!
The Emperor's new clothes.
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Rep. Mike Noel proposes a Utah highway name change to honor President Donald Trump
Make highways great again?
Rep. Mike Noel is proposing to rename a route through southern Utah as the ?Donald J. Trump National Parks Highway.?
Noel, R-Kanab, famous for fighting the federal government over public lands, says it would help send the message that ?contrary to some beliefs out there, Donald Trump really is a supporter of public lands. He?s a big supporter of national parks.?
Part of his motive for introducing HB481, said Noel, is to thank Trump for shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
That action has been decried as a travesty by environmentalists and American Indian tribes, who are challenging the executive orders in federal court. And Noel?s bill is seen by some as a stunt aimed at rubbing salt in the wound.
"We are not going to waste any of our time on his ludicrous bill. I would certainly hope he's not serious about it. It looks like a message bIll to me," said Ashley Soltysiak, of the Sierra Club.
Noel says he's serious about his proposal.
?For me personally, I was really, really happy that he downsized the Grand Staircase monument and Bears Ears because I believe that multiple use of public lands with adequate environmental protections is better than taking everything off the table,? Noel said.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politic...-name-change-to-honor-president-donald-trump/
Go team!