“Insulted,” was the word Washington County Commissioner Adam Snow used when Rep. John Curtis asked how it felt for local leaders when the federal government made plans for land it controls in the county without including them.
Snow said his family settled in southern Utah in 1849, and they’ve tried to be good stewards of the land since then.
“Nobody can love this county more than I do. Some people maybe love it just as much, but nobody loves it more, I guarantee you that,” said Snow.
“And for us to be the stewards that we have, and ... the hard work that it took to make this an incredible place, then somebody can come in from Connecticut or California or somewhere else and say, ‘Trust us, you screwed it up for the last 180 years, let us tell you now how to do it,’ is insane.”
The frustration felt by Snow was echoed by the other county and state officials who testified Monday at a field hearing for the Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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