Tag: vandalism

Take it or Leave it: MORE BEARS EARS–IN REPLY TO JONATHAN THOMPSON & HIGH COUNTRY NEWS…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • February 5, 2018 • 19 Comments

In December, Jonathan Thompson, the roving contributor and former editor for ‘High Country News,’ offered his latest musings on the Bears Ears controversy from his home in Bulgaria. Responding to an op ed in ‘The Deseret News’ by Utah’s Governor…

Take it or Leave it: HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THE ‘ANTIQUITIES ACT’ WITHOUT ‘ARPA?’ Ask BLM’s Ranger Lynnell Schalk…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • October 3, 2017 • 4 Comments

This publication has maintained for over a year that all federal lands are protected by the Archaeological Resources Protection of Act of 1979 and that, in fact, ARPA was passed by Congress to address shortcomings and inadequacies in the 1906…