Perhaps that is why our Constitution gives to Congress, and not to the President, authority over the public lands, so that decisions like this that affect the livelihoods of families across the West would be done in the open.

And they have every right to demand that Congress reassert its roll over management of the public lands on their behalf.

So, we are not harming tourism. In fact, we are protecting tourism. But, at the same time, we are opening up the rest of this acreage to actual productive use.

Once again, we are not harming tourism with that bill, in fact, we are enhancing tourism.

The Antiquities Act of 1906 provides the President with the authority to designate national monuments on Federal lands containing 'historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, or other objects of historic or scientific…

I wonder when the Constitution grants to Congress the sole prerogative over the management of the public lands for the Congress then to cede such authority to the executive, I think is questionable constitutionally.

What do you suspect the West is going to look like in 20 years if no new water projects are built or expanded?

Is that typical of the hurdles that water projects now have to go through?

What is your organization's position on salmon hatcheries? Do you think we need more of them, or not?

Or maybe just leave the hatchery and the dam that supports it alone.

Senator John Barrasso and Representative Tom McClintock have proposed bills to facilitate permitting of new water storage projects.