As the pages of the calendar roll through the months, the intrigue
surrounding Gold Butte seems to keep in step with the steady flip of the page.
Over the last few months I have met with different folks who
are active and involved in the formalities that have been designed for Gold Butte.
The discussions seem to keep the same steady pattern they have for years. With
the New Year’s goals, and a seemingly renewed effort by those with a special
interest, the pressure continues to mount and the outcries get broadcast even
louder (although it seems to the same audience). The hopefuls, with stars in their eyes (and
hoping for one on the map) still believe that bureaucracy and government can
save our public lands.
From time to time, I start to get a little cynical and maybe
a bit pessimistic about the whole deal. However every time I start to feel this
way I load up my family, hook up our clean one owner of a trailer that we warmly
call the beast, and we head for Gold Butte country. Just last weekend we spent
three days camping and Whitney Pockets and touring the country side. After a
weekend out in God’s country I remember why I am active in trying to preserve
this piece of our public lands and the experience of it all.
As a quick side note recently Southern Nevada’s local NPR
station weighed in with their own estimation as to the “issues” facing Gold
Butte. You can read the article at the following link:
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