WHAT?! You mean Joe the Hunter is joining with Timmy the Tree Hugger in concerns of preserving federal lands and keeping them away from state ownership or corporate interests. I betcha the anti-Liberals are only telling ya this is nothing but Liberal shenanigans as well – PB/TK
Sportsmen Fight Trump Energy Plans Alongside Environmental Left – By Valerie Volcovici and Annie Knox February 17, 2017
WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) – When Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced legislation last month to transfer about 3 million acres of federally-held public land to state control, he was bombarded by thousands of angry phone calls, letters and social media posts urging him to back off.
The pressure came not only from liberal environmentalists – but also from gun-toting, often conservative outdoors enthusiasts who are central to Chaffetz’ political base. Both camps fear that transferring federal lands to state control could open them up to drilling and coal mining rather than recreation and preservation.
“I hear you,” Chaffetz wrote in a post on his Instagram account announcing the withdrawal of the bill. “I am a proud gun owner, hunter and love our public lands.”
Chaffetz’s office did not respond to requests for comment on his reversal.
Outdoor sporting groups – long associated with conservatism because of their support for guns rights and small government – are now collaborating with the environmental left to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to open more public lands to energy development. Such areas include national forests, parks and Native American tribal territories and account for about one fifth of the United States.
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