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BLM Destroyed Archaeological Sites & Artifacts

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ThePetroglyph:  “Do As We Say Not As We Do”  should be the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) motto.   For years the BLM has been violating their own federal laws and regulations, which in turn has hurt the economy, and the citizens that they are suppose to be serving.  Because of this abuse several counties in Utah along with the State of Utah  have taken a stand against the Bureau of Land Management and their mismanagement.   The following are several examples:

The Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) was passed in 1979 to protect artifacts and archaeological sites.  The BLM is one agency that is responsible enforcing the this act.    Despite this the BLM has destroyed animal habitats, acres of Biological Soil Crust, acres of timber, and hundreds of archaeological sites and artifacts under the guises of land management.  MORE

14 Comments on BLM Destroyed Archaeological Sites & Artifacts

  1. They destroy 150 year old historical places all over the southwest USA. Hundreds of ghost towns, mines, stagecoach/railroad related, etc.

    Also centuries-old native cultural areas and artifacts.

  2. I’ll believe that calling Kongress will make a difference when I see the first mid- and upper-level management doing the handcuffed perp walk frog march to jail, not just laterally shuffled to another position or office, with the same pay and perks.
    Better yet, have the Klown Krew of Kongress kut the BLMs budget. Drastically. Not just “reduce the amount of increase” and call that a budget cut.

  3. Listed offices of the BLM per Google:

    Salt Lake Field Office
    2370 S. Decker Lake Blvd
    West Valley City, UT 84119
    (801) 977-4300
    Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

    BLM Utah State Office
    440 West 200 South #500,
    Salt Lake City, UT 84101
    (801) 539-4001

    US Interior Department
    324 South State St # 400,
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111
    (801) 539-4001
    Open today · 8AM–5PM

  4. But if we get rid of BLM then who will take care of all the land the Federal government owns?

    I guess we would have to divest the Feds of all that land and give it back to the States. But I thought we couldn’t do that because the States might sell some of that land back to the people.

    Oh, this is sooo complex. What to do, what to do……

    {/sarcasm off}

    If the land were in private or at least local hands I bet it wouldn’t be so poorly taken care of and in fact probably far better condition.

  5. BLM is bad news overall.

    That said, I think a detachment from worshiping endangered dirt – I’m sorry “Biological Soil Crust” is in order. Pick a reasonable amount of land, fence it off and be done with it, because traveling down the road of ‘everything you see is important and wouldn’t survive nature itself but for us’ is a serious impediment to sane management.

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