Outdoor Life interviews Secretary Zinke

[Ben Lamb]

Andrew did a great job on the interview. Pretty balanced and I think, paints a realistic picture of who the Secretary thinks he is, regardless of what his policies achieve.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/zinkes-world-view#page-7

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Beat me to the punch, Ben. I was just about to post this.

 

[Oak]

I see that Zinke will be appearing at the SLC Hunt Expo next month. I won't be spending my money there, but I'd be interested to hear the Secretary's message to the UT crowd.

 

[Topgun 30-06]

Geez, reading that makes me now realize why there is so much criticism of Zinke since he was appointed to that position!

 

[Ben Lamb]

The American Lands Council, Jennifer Fielder & Ken Ivory are pleased as punch with Secretary Buster.

https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2018/01/04/stories/1060070121

 

[Big Fin]

Excellent work, as I would expect from a guy like Andrew McKean. We need more guys like Andrew at the helm of outdoor media outlets.

 

[Ben Long]

McKean calls bullshit on the bullshit. That's for sure.

 

[RobG]

Buster wants to drill.

 

[BigHornRam]

Zinke is seriously considering forest management in Glacier National Park? No doubt left in my mind. Clueless.

 

[Irrelevant]

I really like McKean. I really don't like Zinke.

 

[Gr8bawana]

Buster wants to drill.

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, a move aimed at boosting domestic energy production that sparked protests from coastal states, environmentalists and the tourism industry.

The effort to open previously off-limits acreage in the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans comes less than eight years after BP Plc's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - the largest in American history. The disaster caused billions of dollars in economic damage and led former President Barack Obama's to increase regulation of the industry.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Thursday the department's draft National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019 to 2024 would make over 90 percent of the outer continental shelf’s total acreage available for leasing to drillers, a national record.

That would reverse the Obama administration order placing 94 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf off limits to drillers. Obama's 2017-2022 plan would be replaced by the new program when it is finalized.

 

[Northwoods Labs]

Wow this statement by Zinke really struck me: When I ask Zinke if he’s suggesting that hunting and fishing were restricted activities in the original monument designation, he says that his most vocal critics support monuments because they often prioritize backcountry recreation and non-motorized access, which he says limits access to “an elitist sort of hunter and fisherman.”

 

[AggieOutlaw]

Paint me elitist.

 

[u1299]

Wow this statement by Zinke really struck me: When I ask Zinke if he’s suggesting that hunting and fishing were restricted activities in the original monument designation, he says that his most vocal critics support monuments because they often prioritize backcountry recreation and non-motorized access, which he says limits access to “an elitist sort of hunter and fisherman.”

Didn’t you know people who walk in the backcountry are elitist snobs; or perhaps those who don’t are just kind of lazy. I’m amazed how some people can drive on a road for a hundred miles then when the road ends and the sign says foot traffic only beyond this point, they’re pissed cause the road doesn’t go far enough.?

 

[elkduds]

When I say Zinke, you say Trump.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Hunters who like to hike into the backcountry to hunt are elitist, says the man who will be addressing the SLC Hunt Expo(home of the auction tag) next month. No irony to see here folks. Move along. Move along.

Great piece of work by Andrew McKean.

 

[F250]

Hunters are "elitist" ??? How about ," hunters are the bill payers" !!! My wife works at a National Wildlife Refuge, originally purchased with duck stamp money back in the 1940s. Today, duck hunters who participate in a draw for hunt locations, and deer hunters, have to pay $10.00 for a permit to hunt on the Refuge. Hikers, photographers, kayakers, and dog walkers pay NOTHING !!

 

[hank4elk]

Well written Andrew!
Go climb back under your rock Zinke.

 

[shootbrownelk]

Well written Andrew!
Go climb back under your rock Zinke.

That should read SLITHER back under your rock Zinke. FIFY Hank.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Well written Andrew!
Go climb back under your rock Zinke.

Last place I want a snake is under a rock, I like them out in the open making noise. Way harder for them to bite you.