Activity Report Explorer

Greater Wasatch • Entered by Di Allison on September 26, 2020

Advocacy Night

July 15, 2020

Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: SUWA: Terri Martin with resource info from lawyer, ? Landon
Landscape/area: Arches National Park

Measurable Outcomes

Outcome 1: Advocacy actions (7 emails)
Outcome 2: lease withdrawal (0 )

Short Description of Activity

threats to areas outside Arches, Canyonlands, original Bears Ears boundaries for oil and gas leasing by the BLM necessitated education for us and emails to Gov. Herbert to say no to the proposed newest sale of leasing areas around these parks and intervene in the BLM’s effort to sale at least some of the sites. Terri did a superb job of background info as to how the sales operate and time frames etc in the process. Sally Sharp attended the Zoom call. 9 folk attended

Reflection/Evaluation

Goal for activity was education and action with emails to Gov. Herbert. Several folk said they learned so much, and one was already fairly knowledgable. I know 7 folk followed through. Most from the SUWA site Terri gave us, but one from an email directly to Gov. on his website connection written by a WSU prof. He got a response back from the Gov’s office which he forwarded on to Terri and Di with a clarification question. Broke my heart we didn’t have more Broads in attendance because it was a superb and in depth presentation that should have given any member enough info to reach out and write as requested. Outcome: surely partly due to our letters to Gov, the BLM withdrew those acres from the sale. No way to say it wasn’t partly due. My letter to Herbert thanked him for appointing me twice to a commission I served on until this June and then asked for his consideration of my request. It all adds up, one small poke at a time.