One Utah Rancher is furious over President Joe Biden’s latest move to create a new national monument. Biden has designated over a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument. A decision that comes at a serious cost.
Sounds like all the concerns about grazing rights being lost were total BS.https://t.co/eET6VEmqEm
— Nate Blouin (@NateForUtah) August 11, 2023
Chris Heaton, a Utah rancher, claims that the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument not only threatens his family’s ranching operation, that has run since the 19th century but could harm the environment and lock up energy sources.
The 1.3 million acres of land that Biden is trying to set aside for the new monument stretches from California to Utah and includes some of the most valuable grazing lands for cattle ranches. The designation would place restrictions on how these lands can be used, making it impossible for ranchers to continue operating as usual.
Biden recounts the time a young girl supposedly asked him to protect a national monument in Utah:
“I was standing in Washington, a little girl walked up to me… she said ‘Mr. President, will you take care of bezeez [Bears Ears]for me?” pic.twitter.com/odHKezqy6z
— Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) August 8, 2023
This decision has caused a huge uproar among many rural Americans who depend on ranching to make a living. Some have called this a “land grab” by the federal government, while others see it as an infringement on their rights as American citizens.
But it’s not just the ranchers that Biden’s decision hurts, but all American citizens as the land is rich in resources that the liberal Administration will not allow to be used or harvested. Instead, Biden wants to see the middle class of America disappear under the weight of gas prices and inflation.
This Utah rancher isn’t happy with Joe Biden. https://t.co/ouG5PVfGiA
— IJR (@TheIJR) August 10, 2023
Heaton spoke with a local Fox News affiliate expressing his ire over the whole situation.“We graze out here on the Arizona strip, which is the strip of land in Arizona that’s north of the Colorado River,” Heaton said. “We’ve been here since the late 1800s, my family has, and this monument really impacts us.
“They’re shoving it down our throats,” Heaton went on. “They’re telling us that we’re gonna like it, but they’re not telling us what it will do and how it will help or hurt us. There’s no management plan, there’s nothing in place.”
