2 new National Monuments

Malamute

Malamute

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Bears Ears in Utah, and Gold Butte in Nevada, first reports are traditional activities like wheeled travel and hunting will not be restricted. Ive never heard of either, but they look interesting, anyone been in either area and have experience to relate?
 
Bear Ears was controversial, because it does, in fact, limit access. There was a lot of good wheeling there too. It will also limit growth in San Juan County. This was being pushed by a coalition of environmentalist (Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) who in the past few years are driving to limit all wheeled access in Utah. These people hate 4X4ers and Mountain Bikers with a passion. They believe in limited access.


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"The 1.35 million-acre Bear Ears monument takes its names from the Bear Ears buttes, seen above. It borders Canyonlands National Park and surrounds the existing Natural Bridges National Monument."



PS: This is why I tell people not to go to McStiff's Brewery in Moab as they support the SUWA. Grab your beers elsewhere when in Moab.
 
I wasn't asking about the politics of it, just how the country was to get out into. I didn't know about proposed restrictions, the one bit I read basically said wheeled motor travel was one of the traditional activities they didn't plan to restrict, though apparently that isnt the case? Great.

Deceit and subterfuge (which I believe both sides of most issues do to some degree) in matters of human politics isn't the least bit surprising.

Well shirt, looks like nothing is very simple any more.

So are they worth checking out? For the country, not the politics.
 
The Bears Ears area, the La Salles and Dark Canyon Wilderness are my favorite part of Utah. Well worth the drive.
 
They were already BLM and open to you to explore and enjoy. Now they come with more restrictions. But it's all beautiful land there. That whole corner of Utah is gold.

We considered long and hard about moving to Moab. But it's a small town that lacks the services we need for our kids. But we are hoping to buy land in the Spanish Valley in 2017.

It's worth visiting, spending a week or two in the area. Helped my wife fall in love with the West and not think I was crazy for wanting to travel all the time. :)
 
Cool, thanks for the comments. I never realized how much country there was to explore by vehicle in Utah before I was on this forum, its got me pretty interested in doing more travelling and exploring around. Most of what Ive done was in Az and the northern Rockies, I mainly passed through Utah. I knew there was a lot of country there, but didn't know there was as much that could be done by vehicle.
 
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Malamute said:
Cool, thanks for the comments. I never realized how much country there was to explore by vehicle in Utah before I was on this forum, its got me pretty interested in doing more travelling and exploring around. Most of what Ive done was in Az and the northern Rockies, I mainly passed through Utah. I knew there was a lot of country there, but didn't know there was as much that could be done by vehicle.
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If you want to see the backcountry of Utah, then I highly recommend driving the UTBDR. I've done it and it's amazing. Something I love about it is you can be in the desert and an hour or so later, be up in Alpine meadows. It starts near Mexican Hat at border with Arizona and goes to area near Bear Lake on border with Idaho. The route gives the adventurist an excellent diversity of Utah's varying landscapes.
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Also it's not just for motorcycles.
 
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