I'd read David Roberts' book on following the D-E expedition's route. It didn't occur to me that they left SF in July 1776. Thanks Jonathan.
More grazing, drilling, mining, powerlines, nukes, logging, "varmint" poisons, pesticides, whatever! No more dam removals, etc. I'm sure I'm missing something. As you note, it's not clear how many real ranchers actually even want to put more cows in the trees.
Sometimes I think this is one more part of a "flood the zone" strategy to overwhelm and scatter any opposition. Or it's a quasi-religious belief to not leave an atom of "resource" un- or under- utilized. (I have a cousin, a Wall Street guy, who seemed appalled that we would let a molecule of water be "wasted" flowing into the ocean.) Somehow utilizing photons from the sun forever doesn't seem to be part of those resources. Oh, and then there's the belief that if the enviros, tree-huggers, Demon/Dumbo-crats are for it, "we" gotta be against it.
And thanks for pointing out that fighting about using, managing, conserving these resources is about as old as the country.
Excellent E-D history, very well done! It's always interesting to consider the original names for places (Chomolungma - Everest; Denali - McKinley; Río de los Zaguaganas - Colorado River(??)
And cows ... just talking about cows is annoying ... cows?
"One of the largest is the Babylon Fire in Bears Ears National Monument, which had grown to over 81,000 acres as of Thursday night. It’s also on Forest Service land and is burning through some large, active grazing allotments, including the Babylon, Gooseberry, Twin Springs, and Cottonwood, and looks like it’s making its way onto some BLM allotments as well." You mean livestock grazing/overgrazing isn't stopping the fires. Don't "they" say "log it, graze it, or watch it burn"? Seems like they are proving themselves wrong in landscape after landscape.
Re: Messing with Maps. You did a wonderful and educational piece of research on the July 1776 Escalante-Dominguez mapping expedition. Somehow, I missed your earlier publication of this piece.
I am sure that anyone interested in western history will appreciate your attention to detail. I am also intrigued by maps but not nearly as involved as you. I am in awe about how those early map makers surveyed the land, what instruments they used etc. Perhaps someday you’ll tell us about how they accomplished their beautiful depictions of the land's geography.
I really really dislike cows.
So do I! Many years back, I was so tired of encountering the devastation cows cause to our public lands that I became a vegetarian. I still am.
I could never go full vegetarian but i’ve stopped eating beef for that exact reason. I just can’t support such a destructive industry.
I'd read David Roberts' book on following the D-E expedition's route. It didn't occur to me that they left SF in July 1776. Thanks Jonathan.
More grazing, drilling, mining, powerlines, nukes, logging, "varmint" poisons, pesticides, whatever! No more dam removals, etc. I'm sure I'm missing something. As you note, it's not clear how many real ranchers actually even want to put more cows in the trees.
Sometimes I think this is one more part of a "flood the zone" strategy to overwhelm and scatter any opposition. Or it's a quasi-religious belief to not leave an atom of "resource" un- or under- utilized. (I have a cousin, a Wall Street guy, who seemed appalled that we would let a molecule of water be "wasted" flowing into the ocean.) Somehow utilizing photons from the sun forever doesn't seem to be part of those resources. Oh, and then there's the belief that if the enviros, tree-huggers, Demon/Dumbo-crats are for it, "we" gotta be against it.
And thanks for pointing out that fighting about using, managing, conserving these resources is about as old as the country.
Anyway, Happy Interdependence Day.
Excellent E-D history, very well done! It's always interesting to consider the original names for places (Chomolungma - Everest; Denali - McKinley; Río de los Zaguaganas - Colorado River(??)
And cows ... just talking about cows is annoying ... cows?
I wonder - have any of these fools pushing cattle grazing ever read about the Dust Bowl? It doesnt appear they did or even care what the results are.
I remember seeing cattle in national forests 55+ years ago. This is an age old problem that is far, far worse now
"One of the largest is the Babylon Fire in Bears Ears National Monument, which had grown to over 81,000 acres as of Thursday night. It’s also on Forest Service land and is burning through some large, active grazing allotments, including the Babylon, Gooseberry, Twin Springs, and Cottonwood, and looks like it’s making its way onto some BLM allotments as well." You mean livestock grazing/overgrazing isn't stopping the fires. Don't "they" say "log it, graze it, or watch it burn"? Seems like they are proving themselves wrong in landscape after landscape.
Re: Messing with Maps. You did a wonderful and educational piece of research on the July 1776 Escalante-Dominguez mapping expedition. Somehow, I missed your earlier publication of this piece.
I am sure that anyone interested in western history will appreciate your attention to detail. I am also intrigued by maps but not nearly as involved as you. I am in awe about how those early map makers surveyed the land, what instruments they used etc. Perhaps someday you’ll tell us about how they accomplished their beautiful depictions of the land's geography.