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But ... but ... isn't Mountain Time mythical?

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It's what the Australian aboriginals call"Dream Time"

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This is fucking awesome! This will also kill that fucking horrible, stupid-ass tourist trap that developers were trying to get into the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.

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Yeah, Trump would probably let them put a casino there or something.

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Krysten Sinema is personally taking credit for this as we speak...

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You mean she didn’t try to block it in the name of her donors?

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She's a wretched sneaky evil little wench with toned arms stupid looking dresses expensive eyeglasses and a dead black republican soul. She's gonna get the heave-ho come next election.

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Here's a map of the proposed monument.

https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/map-proposed-baaj-nwaavjo-itah-kukveni-grand-canyon-national-monument

Supai is on tribal land, as is part of the trail down to spectacular Havasupai, which is already within the National Park and protected - by boundary anyway - by Interior, not the BLM.

But the new monument will add additional layers of protection to help prevent damage from uranium and other mining operations, which tend not to respect boundaries.

I think there's a good argument to be made for Havasupai being the most spectacular hike in the U.S., even if the last leg coming back up is KILLER in the literal sense.

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Just hiked the Canyon in May and the fact that the surrounding lands are being protected is vital to the well-being of that Park. Now do all of Southern Utah!

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And by the way, thank you so much, Dok, for covering the truly historic news and the good news and the environmental news in this way. I appreciate you so very much. To me this is the day's banner headline, and non-commenters promised you'd cover it, and I knew I could count on you.

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Watched MSNBC at lunchtime, and they were running this story, talking about the new National Monument and President BIden's plans to help with climate change. Immediately afterwards they ran something about how his family's criminal problems might work against him in the upcoming presidential election. They must have been given their copy from Comer. Disgusting "both sides" crapola.

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You go, Joe! (Applause applause!!!)

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This is fabulous news! We can never have too much protected public lands IMHO.

I took my kids to the Grand Canyon before my daughter left for college. She wanted to see "the west the east thinks is important" so we did that & were going to do some other stuff before landing in Las Vegas but ended up just going up and hiding in an obscure part of the Dixie National Forest in Utah for a week because the crowds at the Grand Canyon appalled and horrified my kids. We did enjoy the one "secret menu" option where there's no crowds or fences or nothin'.

https://substack.com/profile/18610262-boogie-mama/note/c-22067705?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=b2vrq

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Who the fuck does Biden think he is, Teddy Roosevelt???

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Teddy kicked ass in the preservation column.

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This is such a great thing and so very long overdue. I've been to the Grand Canyon and can say it literally took my breath away. I have never felt so small and humbled with such awe in my heart. I was so overwhelmed. Pictures will never do it justice.

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When I worked for a few weeks at the Grand Canyon McDonalds in 1981, a very Christian coworker and I did a one-day hike — South Kaibab trail down, Bright Angel trail up — starting just before dawn.

He asked me, "Marty, how can you look at that view and say you don't believe in God?" and I replied, "Wayne, how can you look at that view and say you don't believe in erosion?"

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I've backpacked there, first and last night camped at Bright Angel at the bottom, middle night at Clear Creek. It's pretty awesome. This was in late November, so the temperature was sane (few ice patches coming up the top of Bright Angel trail).

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"This is the story of our ancient earth, in God's own handwriting. Deny it and deny God."

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Well played.

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That's why he is a Doctor of Rhetoric!

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Mother nature had everything to do with this. Religion would sneer at that for several reasons.

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Bravo.

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One of the few times in my life I didn't think of the perfect reply a day later

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You and everybody else. I slaughter retroactively, in my head.

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Turn back, turn back,

O time on flight

I just thought of a comeback

I could have used last night.

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That is so me!

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Here is a link to the Grand Canyon Trust showing a map of the proposed parcels that make up the new National Monument.

https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/map-proposed-baaj-nwaavjo-itah-kukveni-grand-canyon-national-monument

I've been to that area many times. The part near Marble Canyon is worthy of protection for a variety of reasons, including the stunning natural beauty.

Of interest, the map shows a whole bunch of little squares and other shapes, which are the private land in-holdings, since most of the land there is National Forest. The folks there will keep their private land. The National Monument designation gives greater protection, limiting forms of "multiple use", which in a lot of National Forests includes logging, some mining, and a whole lot of recreational activities, which means mostly off-grid RV camping and driving "quad" off road vehicles on all the dirt and gravel roads.

Taking a step back, this is not a huge change...but the anti-regulation pigs will oink anyway.

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The Grand Canyon: the world's biggest, most convoluted rut.

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Biden misread his speech, saying that the Grand Canyon and environs are a "haven for ironic species like bats, bison, and bighorn sheep."

A nearby bat said it was nice to have its fondness for irony recognized at last.

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But was it irony, or did the bat confuse it with coincidence?

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Bats do have the sort of upside-down view we associate with irony.

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That ship went over the horizon a long time ago.

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If you go, ride the donkeys. Down is easy, up is hell. Real hell.

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LOL I'm fine looking from up here, thanks :)

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There's a book I've read several times called Listen, Bright Angel about the Grand Canyon I'd encourage everyone to read, it's history mixed with personal stories and it's fascinating.

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