Zinke is considering CLOSING #CarrizoPlain National Monument! Visit http://bit.ly/2fMf0mM and send

[riversedge]

I just do not understand why there is a push to review and close Nat. Monuments. --no matter who designated them.


Conservation Lands‏ @ConservationLF Aug 19

.@SecretaryZinke is considering CLOSING #CarrizoPlain National Monument! Visit http://bit.ly/2fMf0mM and send a message to keep it open.

Link to tweet

[drray23]

1. They probably want to close them in order to allow for drilling, mining, etc... nt.

[wasupaloopa]

2. Read this tragic story about Marlene Braun I use to live about 50 miles from Carrizo at the time

https://carrisa.wordpress.com/tag/suicide/

snip:

Soon after the monument was created in 2001, 13-year BLM veteran Marlene Braun was named manager. Having been stationed in Alaska and Nevada, the workaholic Braun finally felt at home on the Carrizo, and took intense pride in protecting it. She scaled back grazing on sensitive grasslands and began developing the monument’s first management plan, which would phase out long-term livestock permits. Every agency signed on, even the BLM’s California office. Then, in March 2004, the Bush administration—which was critical of Clinton’s last-minute monument designations—appointed Ron Huntsinger as Braun’s supervisor in BLM’s Bakersfield field office. With marching orders to favor ranching over preservation and “fix this plan,” Huntsinger and Braun became immediate enemies. The two butted heads repeatedly, so much so that in May 2005, Braun—who had also been dealing with her own psychological demons—arranged her personal affairs and wrote a few important letters about her fears for the Carrizo. She then took a .38 caliber revolver, killed her two dogs—neatly placing their bodies under a quilt—and turned the gun on herself.