Garfield County Utah Condemns BLM Action with Regard to Recapture Canyon in San Juan, County Utah Garfield County Utah Passed a Resolution Condemning the Actions of the BLM and US District Attorney with Regards to Protesters at Recapture Canyon and the Closure of Recapture Canyon.

1. GAITF'IELDC OUNTY IIESOLUTION 2014 .11
DIJNOUNCING THE ACTIONS OF THE BUREAU OFLAND MANAGEMENT,
I}LM STATEI )IITECTOIIJ. UAN PALMA, ANDI"JAST TOI{NEY CARLIE
(]HI{ISTIiNSIIN WITH IIEGARD TO THE PITOTEST OF RECAPTURE CANYON
TN SAN.'UAN COUNTY, UTAFI
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l l t : t t t -AS.9Iohot ' land inSan. luanC ounty isstate.f -ederaol r t r ibal lar rcls;
WI llrlttiAS. On l4a-tl Oti'.2014h Lrnclrecolls'p lotestorsg trtlieredin BlanciingU, tah and
llecaPtLtt'(cla nl'ottn oarI llanding Utah tbr a peaceablep rotesta gainst he BLM's illegal closure
ol ' Ihe l {ccapture( 'ar r_ ,ol tno ad / ' l ' iai l :
l l l l :Rl :AS. the Ll l .M ar tctil te [ .JSD ist r ictA t lorney'so l l lce havea rbi l rar i ly,ancl
cr tpr r iciot tsl ) 'chos5cr irn cl iviclualosu t 9l - l runcl redts9 cIarge n, i t I Colspi racy alcl r icl ingA ' l 'V,s
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Wllljltl:AS.otre of thosec hargcd.C omrnissionelrl hil l,yrnan isan electecoll 'licialw ho
t i i ts i tct i t lgo t t l rchal f 'of 'hiso at l ro l 'ol l lce and on behal l 'ol ' t l rec i t izcnso f 'SanJ uanC ounty;
l l l : l t l :A S. l l t .M Statel ) i rcctor .' luanP almaa nclt Js At torney Car l ic C'hr istensne c hose
t ( )e l r i l r ' !ea r tc lcctccol f ' l lcialcl i lcct lyi n sleacoJ[ 'chal lengingS at rJ uauC ) r lunt l ,di rcct l .tvh rougS
e ( ) t l | l t ) l ' ( )eC ecli r tuS:
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t - tP cs ol ' isst tcsa t tcJl t as bccn ur t t rLr thl i riln tnany o1't hei r clainrs.l incl ingsa pcld eal ingsu . i t l r
ci t izcr rsin San. luan( 'ounty;
l l l : l t l :zS. ( iar l lcld Cour t tyb' el ievest his is an at tcnrprto int i rnidatcl l lcctedO l ' l lcials
Ittrc(l itizctrsn ho are nillins lo take a standa gainstr vrongcloingb y,l 'ederaal gencics;
' l l l " . l {I :A S. thc I r rsLa nrer tdnrerorlt' thet JS Const i tu ti on guarantese t l rcr ightt o f ) -ee
sPcceli atttlt ltea trilitYt o peaccablya ssemblee. urctol petitiorrt lrc(-j oyelpmcpt fbr.ar eclr.csosl '
!r'lt anccs:
' l l l r l { l rAS. thc roadd r ivsno n May l0' r ' .2014is a pipcl inem ainten ancer oadu , i tha r ieht
ol ' r ra- ru as grantcdt o thc local watcr c'onservanc,Dyi st r ict ;
WH[:ltfrAS, pertnissiotfro rthc pfotestr ide r,vasg rantecbl 1,theW ater.Couservancy,
l)istlict:
WI IF.REAS.f lLM documentss tatet l reyc lon ot clainrt he roacly. et the Bl -M clai rnst hev
can close a road that the y, adrlit is not theirs to close:
U'lllrl{EAS. thu roaclc lt'ivcnc lLrrintgh e protesti s a historicr oad wlrich hasb eeni n use
t.t.totL'ch atrl0 01earsa nd hirsl eceivedt he scrutinyo l'archaeologicacll earalcea fierclearance;

2. 'HIjRl,AS. tltc actionc reatingther oadc losLrrset atecilt wasa ternporarya nde nrergeno
c Iosrrle:
WIJ[:ttllAS. many attemptsh aveb eenm adet o negotiatea solutionu ,itlrt he BLM yet the
tdl)il)()rilrav nd ernergc'uccyl osureh asr enrainedin places inceS epternbeorf 2007;
WI ' lERt jAS. i t appearsi r t the nr inclo f t l re BLM, . f uanP al rnaa nd[ JSA t tor r reyC ar l ie
('ltristcnsctrP. oliticalR esistartcteo thc Bl"M constitutesC riminal Consoirao,:
' l l l : l { l :AS. thc l l l , i 4h as issuecaJn orderl br San
r rssret ins thei l el r i rn t l tatt hc RecaptureC anyouR oad is a
lr.irr!t.l i etatinst o tlrep easants;
.luan County to rescind a resolution
valid and existinu road is likcn to thc
'lltjRt:AS. isolatirrg5 inclividualosu t of'hunclredos{ 'protestofas ndc liminally chalging
t l rose, i incl i r icl t t t lsu i t l r couspi racv rathcrt l ranf i l ing a civi l sui tagainst thec ounty is rvrong.
Lr r r . jLrst i t iaabrlcrc.a l n acto f int inr idat ionh.a rassrnr ret auclb t r l lS, ing;
NOW. I ' l l l : l { l : l rOI t [ r l ] f l l l R. l iSOLVI r l ) .t hc Clonr r l issiono f 'Car f l r l lcCl loLr r rctya l lsu pon
lJl i1 Stlte I)it'cetor. iLtrnl) alnta.t lic lll-M. and US Attorrre,vC lallieC lliristensetno cfi'opa ll
el r l rgesu gui r rsttl re- l pr l tcstorsa r rcIl; lcctecOl l l lcial I )hi l l .vrnan.
NOW' l ' l i i lLl iFOI t t ,Ill t i I ' l 'FtJt { l ' l ' lEIR{ l iSOl -Vt iDt,h e[ ]LM neecl1so l i t i the
ailrtirr tistrativcel clsuroef 'R ccapturCea nycliur lmcclintelya:n cl
NOW l l l l . l<l : l ;Ol t l : I l l : l ' l ' [1] l { ' l ' l l l : l t ILl iSOl .VI :D.t he l } l ,M neeclrso addressa ncJ
r ( ) l rectt l rei ri r r t i r l iclat ing.o ver ' -z-ealoLnr.sla nnewr i t l r rvl r icl it l rcyc lealn ' i th thec i t izensa ucl
clcet t ' r lo l l ici l r lsr l f 'Sot t t l tcnIiJ tuha nd San. luanC or r l r t . r ' ipna r t iculara' ;n ci
( ) l l l l . l t l : l :OI { l . l l l : l l l ' t l l t ' l ' l l l i l { l t l :SOi "Vl i l ) . thel } l -Mneeclstocoorcl inatca nd
r ' ( ) ( )1l.irrete r i i t l r l . r rea l ( iov'cl l lucnts as thcy ale the clectecol l - l lcialsr eprcscnt ingth e ci t iz"ens.
t r r t i i l 'et he l l l .M i r l i rcl r is ar to vcrbcar ing[ ]urei iuclat ica gencyt hata ctsw i t l roLrrt espect o the
ciLizcnso r Iocal9 ( ) ,cnlnen ts.
ADOPTED AND APPITOVEDi n regulars essiono f the GarfieldC ountyC omrnissionth is
1O tnd ay oI'N ovembe r,2 014 .
Clare M. Ramsay
CommissionC hair
H. Dell Lefevre
Commissioner
Leland F. Pollock
Commissioner