Mike Noel is the perfect Trumpian pick and has a change.org petition against him, but there are the realities of the Trumpian tendency to destroy the administrative state by means of rank stupidity (see Rick the animal husband, Perry).
And then there’s his affinity for the Bundyist snack-sovereignty commandos and their local-state mania turning sheriffs into feudal warlords.
Noel would administer the continuing misuse of the Congressional Review Act after the overturning of BLM land use planning rules with greater effect on limiting public accountability.
It’s enough to make you snack on a rock.
Utah State Representative Mike Noel is lobbying to become the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
- Mike Noel is a staunch opponent of the Federal Government;
- Mike Noel believes that law enforcement on Federal public lands should be taken away from Federal officials and turned over to local sheriffs;
- Mike Noel ardently supported Phil Lyman, the former county commissioner who led an illegal and damaging protest ride through Recapture Canyon;
- Mike Noel is a proponent of Utah’s $14 million wasteful lawsuit to “take back” Federal lands;
- Mike Noel continually demeans and vilifies opponents of his positions;
- Mike Noel’s leadership would have a catastrophic impact on the outdoor recreation industry, an important part of Utah’s economy;
- Mike Noel fails to compromise and allows his personal opinions on matters to override all others;
- Mike Noel’s history of manipulation and conflicts of interest would likely follow him in a higher position of power.
Ignore “flame-inducing factors like climate change, drought, and unpredictable winds,” not to mention the need to manage the inevitability of cyclical wildfires.
Republican State Rep. Mike Noel said this week that “tree huggers” were to blame for a major blaze that broke out in southern Utah on June 17 and continues to burn 11 days later.
His reasoning? The fire wouldn’t have spread if federal forest lands had been cleared of dead, bug-infested trees, and environmentalists and the federal government were getting in the way of that deed.
Statement on President Trump Signing Repeal of BLM Planning 2.0 Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2017 -
Today, President Trump signed H.J. Res 44 (Rep. Liz Cheney, R-WY), a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Planning 2.0 Rule.
“This rule would have given even more power to the bureaucracy in Washington when what we need is the exact opposite. Reversing this rule is just one of many actions we will take to shift land management decisions back to the people who live in these areas and away from unelected, and in many cases unaccountable, bureaucrats,” Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) said.
“I am proud to see H.J. Res 44, overturning BLM Planning 2.0., signed into law today by President Trump. The rule we overturn today would have had far reaching and damaging implications on public lands and our economy in Wyoming. Planning 2.0 would have given the federal government and radical environmental groups control over land use and resource planning in our state, at the expense of local officials and stakeholders,” Rep. Cheney said.