Rep. Cheney accuses tribes of......

[kadee79]

She needs to get a grip, they were there well before she was or anyone else in her family!

RIVERTON, Wyo. — On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) “was not based on science or facts” but motivated by plaintiffs “intent on destroying our Western way of life.”

One of the largest tribal-plaintiff alliances in recent memory prevailed in the landmark case, Crow Tribe et al v. Zinke last September, when US District Judge Dana Christensen ruled in favor of the tribes and environmental groups after finding that the Trump Administration’s US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) had failed to abide by the ESA and exceeded its authority in attempting to remove federal protections from the grizzly. Tuesday, USFWS officially returned federal protections to the grizzly.


Removing protections from the bear, revered as sacred to a multitude of tribes, would have left the grizzly vulnerable to high-dollar trophy hunts and lifted leasing restrictions on some 34,375 square miles. Extractive industry, livestock and logging interests are among those desirous of capitalizing on the area, a region comprised of tribal treaty, reserved rights and ceded lands.

“If this wasn’t Liz Cheney and the era of the Trump Administration, you might be rendered speechless by the insensitivity and mendacity of the statement,” said Tom Rodgers, a Senior Adviser to the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), who testified at May’s Congressional hearing on The Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act. HR 2532, introduced by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva, was inspired by the Grizzly Treaty signed by over 200 Tribal Nations.

nativenewsonline.net/currents/rep-cheney-accuses-tribes-of-destroying-our-western-way-of-life-over-sacred-grizzly-protections/

[Tennesseer]

Divide and conquer.

[weltschmerz]

Removing protections from the bear, revered as sacred to a multitude of tribes, would have left the grizzly vulnerable to high-dollar trophy hunts and lifted leasing restrictions on some 34,375 square miles. Extractive industry, livestock and logging interests are among those desirous of capitalizing on the area, a region comprised of tribal treaty, reserved rights and ceded lands.


Trump and his idiot spawn love trophy hunting. The more endangered, the better.

[kadee79]

^^^And the Cheney family's connections to Halliburton...oil...GREED! 

[NastyWoman]

You just have to love the irony of Cheney saying that returning the grizzly bear to the endangered species list was "not based on science or facts". 

And here I thought that the lack of science would be seen as a positive by her!

[OldCoyote]

The Indians would consider a pile of Cow dung as sacred!

If they thought it could be used to keep every one but Indians out.

The great Indian Environmentalism,  Just after sunrise driving into the Sun going to Tuba City AZ.  on the Navajo Reservation,

You notice the side of the pavement is littered with shiny pieces, literally millions of pieces, reflecting the Sunlight.

It is from broken beer, wine, and whiskey bottles that were thrown out of the cars driving up and down the road!

No problem with littering the countryside with broken beer wine and whiskey bottles,,

But by God you better not make snow out of reclaimed water for the ski area on the San Fransisco peaks.