Comments about ‘Ken Salazar says local conservation approach should be blueprint for future’

His moderate approach will resolve many issues about management of BLM public lands. He has made a good start.

Careful, my Utah friends. If Salazar's lips are moving, he is lying. He is a snake in the grass, waiting to declare another forest as off limits to recreational use. Proceed with caution!

Salazar is a career politician. He is very good at appearing to give people what they want to hear, or see.

However, watch what he actually does, not how he acts or what he says.

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help" usually means you are about to have very bad things happen to your property or freedom, usually with some nice sounding excuse about "for the children" or "protect the environment."

Politicians say a number of things, Mission Accomplished, Iraq had WMD's, Relaxing regulations will allow business to grow much better and not hurt us, It is nice when people who like to play games will keep busy claiming what others are doing wrong when they had the previous 8 years and did far worse and expect that to not be counted or be held accounted for.

Mr. Salazar, you speak from both sides of your face! Rather than heed Native voices who have honored their sacred places for thousands of years, you permitted an industrial wind farm to dredge, dig, and decimate those sites. Sacred. You tell a Utah crowd, "It is really the people who live in these places who ought to have a significant voice"? Just not where Natives have lived for thousands of years, eh.

You also said, "There is great promise that these disputes that have gone on generation after generation" can be resolved? Not when you permit the destruction of Native Sacred Places. Sacred.

Until you prove otherwise by reversing your decision RE: Cape Wind, I believe there is no soul behind the curtain, Mr. Salazar.

Bicycle libraries and such are nice for people who are physically capable of using something like that. But for most of us senior citizens, the only way we can enjoy the mountains or back country is by driving there, and unfortunately more and more places are becoming inaccessible by vehicle. I don't want to destroy the land, I just want to SEE it, maybe tow our little trailer there to stay a day or two.

I applaud Bill Barrett for compromising with SUWA and other groups so that exploration and drilling can continue. We need the energy development, and Barrett has bent over backward to make it work, even though it has cost the company a LOT of money.

Salazar, I have no respect for that man. So many of his comments and decisions make no sense!

I can't believe that SUWA could be involved with any agreement that could be classified as "reasonable." These people are normally out in space. Maybe they're making a little progress.

I get incredibly tired of these elitists complaining about the "noise" from off-highway vehicles disrupting their "experience". This whole noise issue is nothing but a red herring designed to foster the environazi mantra of "This land is MY land". It is no different than any other bigotry, and represents intolerance to others by the elitist left. To me it is no different than not allowing someone to hike in the same forest because their skin isn't the right color. Yet Secretary Salazar and Director Abbey foster that hatred. Go figure.

Don't believe a word he says because it will not be for the good of the people. I am tired of people not from the west telling the west what they can and cannot do with their land!

@Worn out!

I guess Colorado isn't west enough for you?

I have heard this "physical disability" excuse for for driving a motor vehicle into a wilderness or sensitive area for a long, long time now.

When I get too old or too lazy to walk into a High Uintahs lake, or a wilderness desert canyon, the last thing I would want to do is ruin someones nature hiking trip.

How stingy one has to be to buy into this argument. My mom and dad are in their 80's, have taken me fishing and exploring since I was a kid. They wouldn't think of putting themselves before an unspoiled environment or the enjoyment of others.

@ worn out - Well when I lived in Colorado I knew Salazar as a public figure and was reasonable in my mind and my neighbors. Where does this anti Salazar come from, who do you suggest to take his place. I am from Utah but would proabably be a worse choice. He is from the west (although east of here in Colorado)

@Fred2 - Noise is just one complaint, certainly as a fisherman, I do not count myself as an "elitist" nor do I have any desire to "foster the environazi mantra" I personally think such talk does you more harm than good!

Some may call it multiple-use, others balanced use, but not every single activity can take place on every acre of PUBLIC land. You can't fish in a sand dune and a lake is really not suitable for an ATV.

You can do the same thing in every room of an office building, on or every block in town either!

I compliment Secretary Salazar for taking time to come to Salt Lake, sorry I couldn't come. All of us will be better working together for proper balanced use as compared to fighting all the time!

If only Mr. Salazar listened to real people -- He likes politicians and being center stage himself. Except when it comes to taking responsibility for his own responsibilities -- i.e. ensuring the safety of oil rigs. His ecocidal approach to public lands is second to none.

By the way people the puplic land is OURS. Not the governments, actualy the government is ours too. If we don't like these people we can get them removed. It is our responsibility to make sure the people in office represent us. Most people in public office talk out of both sides of their mouth, they don't want to cause hate and discontent. Therefore they cause hate and discontent. Mr. Salazar is like all the rest he lies. Oh and "L" don't you think the children should be able to see and be in nature. If we teach them to love the outdoors and the beauty around them they learn to love it and care for it. If we block them from it they will not respect it or us.