Haaland nominated to lead Interior

[Deleted member 28227]

I would expect that natives will be given a firm (preferencial?) voice in any/all land dealings. Potentially huge implications in Alaska and elsewhere in the west for hunting. I would expect oil/gas and mineral extraction to get a lot more expensive and reduced on public lands.

I would expect predator hunting on public lands to be reduced and potentially eliminate in some areas. Likely all refuges and preserves where they are open for hunting. ~1/4 of Alaska...

I'm not sure it really matters who is at the helm, there will be a lot of changes coming down the pipe.

Agree I wouldn't want to be holding paper in a Norther Delaware operator right now.

 

[Schaaf]

The last 2 didn't have any qualifications and both had legal issues associated with the position so it can't get much worse.

Wtf, Ryan Zinke was a navy seal. Just ask him, he’ll tell you.

 

[MThuntr]

Wtf, Ryan Zinke was a navy seal. Just ask him, he’ll tell you.

met him once when he was doing some campaigning. He ruined my birthday party by trying to "talk the talk" with us yokels. I was drunk and told him to go pound sand

 

[Addicting]

Wow, tough crowd to please. Makes me wonder if anyone would meet the stringent requirements of HT?

 

[Wildabeest]

Update: President-Elect Biden Picks Deb Haaland for Department of Interior Secretary

A trio of New Mexicans are front-runners for the post, according to Washington insiders who spoke on condition of anonymity. Most expect Biden to tap second-term Congresswoman Deb Haaland for the role as early as this week, making her the first indigenous person to lead the agency that oversees...

www.outdoorlife.com

"Then there’s Haaland’s heritage—a 35th generation New Mexican—which may give her the edge over her fellow New Mexicans."

AHHHHHHHAAAHAHAHA... hey ranchers suck it...

Thank God she’s not from UT!

 

[marksjeep]

I think the BLM will be moving HQ again.

 

[Schaaf]

met him once when he was doing some campaigning. He ruined my birthday party by trying to "talk the talk" with us yokels. I was drunk and told him to go pound sand

Thank you for your service

 

[Carnage2011]

The last 2 didn't have any qualifications and both had legal issues associated with the position so it can't get much worse.

Thanks for not answering my question. I was looking for actual information, not a dumbass response. I don’t know the lady and have no opinion. It would just be nice to know if she is actually going to be capable of the role or a political pawn like the last two...

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Thanks for not answering my question. I was looking for actual information, not a dumbass response. I don’t know the lady and have no opinion. It would just be nice to know if she is actually going to be capable of the role or a political pawn like the last two...

Looks like she has a JD in Indian law and spent her brief term in Congress on committees with relevance to the dept of interior. I wouldn’t say she has a great depth of experience, but all of her educational and political experience is relevant.

 

[Oak]

Does anyone know if she has any qualifications for this position? I tried the google machine but didn’t find much.

From the OP:
Haaland has led the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

 

[shootbrownelk]

Does anyone know if she has any qualifications for this position? I tried the google machine but didn’t find much.

She's a woman and an Indian. Biden wants to diversify, he's appointing everybody but the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Wow, tough crowd to please. Makes me wonder if anyone would meet the stringent requirements of HT?

Well it’s a diverse membership so likely there will be a contingent that’s not happy with any pick... I actually think that’s a positive as the conversations can be more substantive and not just an echo chamber.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

She's a woman and an Indian. Biden wants to diversify, he's appointing everybody but the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker.

They were considered but he didn’t want to have them give up their senate seats.

 

[nontyp]

Where did she come from before then? That's like 1000 years ago. Impressive she can trace her heritage that far. Wonder how many others can do the same?

Ha....yeah im guessing that number is a WAG. I’m surprised he didn’t nominate the most well known native in congress....Elizabeth Warren.

 

[Sytes]

I'm not a fan though I'd imagine we could do worse... A couple comments of hers that has me cringe a bit though, to be expected under the 2021 - Blue Executive Branch.

Second Amendment:

We need to rid our communities of military-grade weapons; neither hunting nor policing require automatic weapons.

Fuel / Energy:

I pledge to vote against all new fossil fuel infrastructure, and to fight instead for 100% renewable energy

 

[MTGomer]

Talked to a friend fairly in the know in NM politics.

He says there are people in the hunting/conservation world that have a direct line to her so that’s a positive.
She’s a relatively inexperienced unknown, which can be good or bad in politics. On the positive, she’s not a deeply ingrained, corrupted for 40 year, piece of political scum like a lot of 60 year olds in politics are.
Hopefully she is smart enough to realize that on the things that matter to us, which she probably doesn’t know a lot about, that she can call Senator Heinrich.

 

[MTGomer]

Fuel / Energy:

The more I work on solar projects, the more I despise them. So far I’ve only done them on state and private land. Covering every inch of thousands of acres of ground with PV panels and putting a fence around it doesn’t co-habitate with other uses, users or wildlife very well. A solar field is only a solar field. period.

It’s the dirtiest feeling thing I’ve ever done

This is coming from someone that has done a lot of work to frack the f out of a lot of federal land.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The more I work on solar projects, the more I despise them. So far I’ve only done them on state and private land. Covering every inch of thousands of acres of ground with PV panels and putting a fence around it doesn’t co-habitate with other uses, users or wildlife very well. A solar field is only a solar field. period.

It’s the dirtiest feeling thing I’ve ever done

This is coming from someone that has done a lot of work to frack the f out of a lot of federal land.

Any industrial sized development does this. Its why rooftop solar & decentralization of the grid make sense.

 

[Irrelevant]

The more I work on solar projects, the more I despise them. So far I’ve only done them on state and private land. Covering every inch of thousands of acres of ground with PV panels and putting a fence around it doesn’t co-habitate with other uses, users or wildlife very well. A solar field is only a solar field. period.

It’s the dirtiest feeling thing I’ve ever done

This is coming from someone that has done a lot of work to frack the f out of a lot of federal land.

Sounds real similar to orchards around here. People seem to support them over homes, but I know the deer eat my roses but the orchards are fenced and sprayed to exclude any life that isn't directly necessary for a cherry/apple/pear.

 

[beginnerhunter]

Eh, whatever. How much damage could she do in 4 years anyway? There will be some congressional oversight for anything crazy.

I do think it's important to advance the argument for hunting as part of tradition/religion regardless of the food element. We'll have cultured meat soon enough to ruin the "kill your own food" rationale.