Haaland nominated to lead Interior
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VAspeedgoat
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Curious if others are like me, in that I could view any appointment as negative and be correct about them most of the time. I'm meaning Republican, democrat, or whatever. Just assume they'll be terrible and the odds are I'd be right better than 50% of the time.
morley.tyler
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Buddy- you need a hug. We can disagree without being disagreeable.
Go put that toxic crap on Facebook. We have a nice place here.
Hem
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And what experience did our President have?
We made it(barely) through the last four years, I think we can handle some fresh blood in just about any political position.
We made it(barely) through the last four years, I think we can handle some fresh blood in just about any political position.
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We had a really good discussion going about how the new interior secretary pic will do in that role. Let’s not derail it now.
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She probably doesn’t even like cheese.
Hopefully she isn’t worse than the last two.
Stopping fossil fuel extraction while pushing development of federal land for “ renewable energy” just ensures continuous development regardless of the party of administration. The next Republican President will probably push fossil fuels. The next Democrat will probably push renewable.
Hopefully she isn’t worse than the last two.
Stopping fossil fuel extraction while pushing development of federal land for “ renewable energy” just ensures continuous development regardless of the party of administration. The next Republican President will probably push fossil fuels. The next Democrat will probably push renewable.
I have no clue of her qualifications, but DOI does have oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and manages the millions of acres of tribal lands on behalf of the tribes. If you think DOI has done a good job of representing the tribal interests, one should go read the lawsuits against DOI when Gayle Norton was Secretary.
So we had our years of representation from the "multiple use" (some would argue borderline exclusive use) interests, supported by the fact that DOI has millions of acres of subsurface mineral interests it is charged with. Under that theory, it was explained that the agency needed to be led by a person with understanding of the mineral and extraction industries. Ok, for the sake of this discussion I will go with that.
The same rationale could be used here, in that DOI also has a responsibility to manage 56 million acres of tribal lands and mineral interests. DOI still hasn't accounted for the billions that were owed tribes at the time of the DOI lawsuits during the Norton period. So the same logic could be that because of those two facts it is appropriate to nominate a tribal representative.
I guess we will see what qualifications she has. FWIW, Zinke sat on some of the same Congressional committees she did, prior to his appointment.
So we had our years of representation from the "multiple use" (some would argue borderline exclusive use) interests, supported by the fact that DOI has millions of acres of subsurface mineral interests it is charged with. Under that theory, it was explained that the agency needed to be led by a person with understanding of the mineral and extraction industries. Ok, for the sake of this discussion I will go with that.
The same rationale could be used here, in that DOI also has a responsibility to manage 56 million acres of tribal lands and mineral interests. DOI still hasn't accounted for the billions that were owed tribes at the time of the DOI lawsuits during the Norton period. So the same logic could be that because of those two facts it is appropriate to nominate a tribal representative.
I guess we will see what qualifications she has. FWIW, Zinke sat on some of the same Congressional committees she did, prior to his appointment.
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Sir this is a Wendy's
Bigjay73
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Great, now every newbie is gonna go on a political rant just so they can say Randy Newberg PMs them
Elkmagnet
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If you are open minded and willing to think through other people's beliefs I think you will find the incoming administration on equal footing as the outgoing. If not you probably don't want to be on here anyways. The hunters on here tend to vote for issues and people not for a party.
Elkmagnet
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I'm willing to see how she conducts herself before I get shook up.
Perhaps we can finally get a director for the Blm!
Perhaps we can finally get a director for the Blm!
MarvB
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The ground rules have been (fairly) respectfully laid out from you, just remember that sometimes it’s not the message that kills ya, it’s the delivery!
.... and if things begin to look bleak you can always offer up cheese!
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Based on what metrics? I was cautiously optimistic about Zinke, I’ll afford her the same.
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I think this is an excellent summation and big picture view.
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Backcountry Hunters and Anglers had this to say:
www.backcountryhunters.org
BHA Reacts to Haaland’s Selection as Interior Secretary
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.
www.backcountryhunters.org
Biden could nominate Joseph Stalin incarnate and Tawney would love it.Backcountry Hunters and Anglers had this to say:
BHA Reacts to Haaland’s Selection as Interior Secretary
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.
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