Bishop Statement on NDAA Land Transfer Provision
WASHINGTON – Today, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump signing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a land transfer provision:
“By securing this 88-acre land transfer, President Trump and the committee have ensured that vital military research will carry on at Utah State University. The university has been a strong innovative partner, and I know this land will continue to further goals of research and military support,” said Bishop.
“For over half a century, Utah State University and Space Dynamics Laboratory have conducted critical research for the Department of Defense and NASA on this parcel of land just outside of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Chairman Bishop has championed the transfer of this parcel to ensure Utah State University’s uninterrupted use of the land in perpetuity to assure important scientific research and educational use continues at this site. We are very appreciative of the Chairman’s leadership in advancing this important institutional priority.” – Niel Holt, Director of the Space Dynamics Laboratory
Background:
Without congressional action, the U.S. Forest Service lacked authority to sell or transfer 80 acres of property within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest solely to the Utah State University Research Foundation (USURF). USURF has used this parcel of land since the early 1960s, and Bishop’s provision allows the land transfer to take place, thereby facilitating continued use of the property for scientific research in direct support of ongoing U.S. military research contracts.
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HOUSEHOLD
Releases New Song
"Give Me Time"
Streaming Now: https://youtu.be/TQB_wc0oWA4
Announces Fall Tour with All Get Out
New Album Everything A River Should Be
Available for Purchase via Equal Vision Records
"You can hear at times on the record where Gilbert is drawing
from a deep, personal, and incredibly vulnerable place.
This can be a daunting task as an artist, but a cathartic one
to experience as a listener." - Substream Magazine
Named One of Alternative Press'
Minneapolis, MN - August 15, 2018 - Minneapolis natives Household have released "Give Me Time," a B-Side from the band's latest album, Everything A River Should Be. Fans can stream it now, here: https://youtu.be/TQB_wc0oWA4.
In addition, the band has announced an upcoming fall tour with All Get Out. The run kicks off on November 1st, and includes stops in Atlanta, Brookly, Philadelphia, Chicago, and more. For a full list of dates, including the band's upcoming August headline shows, please see below or visit: www.equalvision.com/tour-dates.
Everything A River Should Be, the latest album from Household, was released on February 23rd via Equal Vision Records. The record has previously been featured on Substream Magazine, Alternative Press, New Noise Magazine, and more. To purchase, please visit: household.merchnow.com.
Household's latest release is a record that redefines who and what - and even why - the Minneapolis trio are. Anybody familiar with the music the band - vocalist and bassist Joshua Gilbert, drummer Matthew Anthony, and guitarist Nathanael Olsen - made before will immediately hear the shift in sound of these 11 songs. While the urgency and sincerity of the raw and visceral post-hardcore they began life making remains, Everything A River Should Be is a collection of dense, dark and brooding songs full of a tense, glowering atmosphere.
Lyrically, too, the album - which was recorded over the course of a month by Nate Washburn at Atlanta's Glow In The Dark studios - marks a change in approach. Not only is this the first time the band have really had any production on a recording, but Gilbert says he has never written from the heart so much or presented so much of himself - and his emotions and fears and insecurities - within his songs.
"The songs touch on some close-to-home feelings for me," he says. "It's much more of a personal expression of my own emotions - it's not so much a declarative thing, as some of our music has been in the past. It's more personal and vulnerable in a lot of ways."
Everything A River Should Be is out now, and available via Equal Vision Records at household.merchnow.com.
For more information, please visit:
Website: www.householdband.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Householdmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Householdmpls
Instagram: www.instagram.com/householdmpls
Upcoming Tour Dates:
8/22 - Kansas City, MO @ The Rino
8/23 - Springfield, MO @ The Outland Ballroom
8/24 - Nashville, TN @ Threat Fest
8/25 - Columbus, OH @ Donatos
8/26 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
8/27 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
8/28 - Ames, IA @ Pine House
11/1 - Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory *
11/2 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern *
11/3 - Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade *
11/4 - Washington, DC @ DC9 *
11/6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right *
11/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *
11/9 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Funhouse *
11/10 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's *
11/11 - Detroit, MI @ Pike Room *
11/13 - Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge *
11/14 - St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room *
11/15 - Kansas City, MO @ The Rino *
11/16 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links *
* - Indicates show with All Get Out
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DENVER—The Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture today released new management plan proposals for Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and the first-ever management plan proposal for Bears Ears National Monument. The public will now have 90 days to submit comments on these draft plans.
Last December, at the urging of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, President Trump attempted to shrink both monuments by executive order. Those orders are currently being challenged in court.
The Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Executive Director Jennifer Rokala:
“The thousands of pages included in these management plan proposals aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. Huge swaths of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments were eliminated illegally by President Trump and Secretary Zinke. Legal scholars are in agreement: the courts will overturn the president’s illegal action and the rush to finalize these plans will prove to be an extraordinary waste of taxpayer dollars.
“We’ve said all along that the entire charade was an unprecedented gift to extractive interests seeking to drill and mine within the boundaries of these historical, cultural, and paleontological wonders. Even a cursory examination confirms our greatest fears: these management plans read like a neon sign inviting drilling and mining companies into our national monuments.”
The draft plans even include a nearly 100-page report completed by the state of Utah and the Bureau of Land Management on the potential for mining coal, uranium, and tar sands, as well as the opportunities for drilling oil and gas wells inside the original boundaries of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.
Presidents Lack the Authority to Abolish or Diminish National Monuments [Virginia Law Review]
The Endangered Antiquities Act [New York Times]
Tribes fight to keep Bears Ears lawsuit in D.C. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Law professor debunks Utah’s (and Cliven Bundy’s) bizarre legal theories about public land [Westwise]
America to Trump and Zinke: Don’t touch national monuments [Westwise]
For more information, visit westernpriorities.org. To speak with an expert on public lands, contact Aaron Weiss at 720-279-0019 or aaron@westernpriorities.org. Sign up for Look West to get daily public lands and energy news sent to your inbox.
