Quote: “The canyonlands proposal would encroach upon 100 percent of my land,” said Elias Elguren, a cattle rancher and treasurer of the Owyhee Basin Stewardship Coalition.

Elias is confused. It is public land that is being considered for the Canyonlands proposal, which incidentally, has been so terribly abused that it no longer provides for useful cattle or wildlife grazing.

Stephen J Remington