Utah is being loved to death. No it does not need to be another national park. That just brings more people. More people end up ruining the environment and experience.
Yes please please don’t advocate for more National Parks. Look at the non profit and all those people trying to spread awareness about the land east of price by the San Rafael swell. The government is literally trying to make a new monument or wilderness area. Or it did make it but now the blm wants to make a buffer zone which should be illegal cause it’s just making the monument even larger basically. Anyways they’re wanting to close down like another massive amount of acres. But the point being spread is the government wants to shut down tons of roads which has camping along the canyon rims. If the buffer zone is made it’ll destroy tons of camping spots and close roads which basically destroys public land. My dad is paralyzed. He road horses all his life till he became a cripple. As a cripple he can’t go no where on public lands without a pickup or side by side. So like Moab closing down that section of land by canyon lands my dad could never go and see it as it’s closed to side by sides.
95% of public land is Colorado and westward. 5% of public land is east of Colorado. Homesteading ended in 1978 with the passage of the FLMPA. I lived in Delaware one summer. It’s crazy how many towns were growing in the middle of farms and new massive highways being made. If you want to promote national parks promote them in states with no public land. You can’t subdivide public land and put houses on it. Every state east of Colorado should have million acre national parks on it but the government doesn’t do it. Environmentalists know they have billions and that money is better spent or has a bigger influence getting politicians to just lockup public land in the west and continue to kill rural areas rather then do the mature thing and actually promote conservation in every state east of Colorado. I remember at UsU recruiters for the ranch in Florida came. I asked why you recruiting when the lds church is just subdividing the land? He said well the government is forcing them to by threatening eminent domain. Idk. But like 250,000 acre ranch they owned In Florida would have made a great national park and add onto the wilderness corridor as most of Florida is really building and developing. Like it really is a shame when I see more parks made in the west. It hurts the west but then does nothing to really conserve land where it’s needed which is back east. That and think about it. How equitable is it for public land to be in the west but not accessible by most Americans back east? From an equitable standpoint land in the west should be sold and land back east should be bought so massive public land spaces can be accessible to the huge population of people along the eastern coast.
They have enough parks. This place is a really cool area. I have gone on many trips out there threw the wash and canyon. Everyone around there calls it The Wedge.
Well enjoy while you can. The government may one day have the roads closed there just as they have in other places continually making more monuments and wilderness areas shutting down even metal detecting. It’s pretty sad that multi use of public land is no longer the norm in a lot of discussions being had. The channel yanesha a rancher showed a video about the UN back in the 1990s and American politican Nancy pelosi and others saying they need to promote areas of wilderness and promote human towns in small areas to reduce the area of impact. It literally sounded like they were talking about 15 minute cities thirty years ago. But from a public land standpoint in Utah ya they’re shutting it all down in the south. You got 15 minute cities and then vast areas of closed land. It’s pretty interesting to see today and then see clips from the 1990s. What I don’t understand is why don’t they care about making national parks in every state east of Colorado? They have the power and money to make national parks and buy land but they only focus on Utah, Arizona etc
Social media had a non profit group saying they were trying to stop the BLM or something. The wilderness are or monument or something east of price I guess the government wants to put up a buffer and close another section of the desert closing roads and camping
@@koltoncrane3099 it's cuz the stupid government thinks the land is their land. Yes a lot of gold and oil in the USA but let them go against God's Country and gets in trouble
Thanks for the post. Passed by many times on I-70 after the Moab area and thought it looked interesting to explore. Will have the time this year to check out the areas less travelled. That was a cool timed exposure in your video.
Some of the roads defeated me, cause they went from road to driving on just straight sandstone. But mostly they are dirt with a bit of mud, and those aren’t too bad at all
Imagine the forest(s) that must have been there. Not to mention the rest of the living creatures, including human. Amazing to think of all the possibilities of what brought it to this condition.
Cool and interesting video! I'll definitely put that on my list, for the american southwest roadtrip I plan on doing sometime in the next 5 years (I am from germany). I hope you will keep making videos like this! Is your girlfriend of indian american decent?
Not everything should be a national park. I remember when Joshua Tree was declared one. It ruined the place. Now it's swarmed with people from LA and their cell phones. The Swell is not open and free. I don't think we need any more fees.
good video. glad you made it and had a good time. Consider researching the purpose of National Park versus BLM lands. It's a critical consideration. Also consider that Southern Utah is a pastoral economy -- tourist economy (national parks) is inferior to sustainable natural resource economies.
DO NOT make it a national or even a state park! Bureaucrats screw things up & make them complicated! We don't want the regulations, access permits, etc, like what happens in Canyon Lands! Leave this place free! Not bagging on you, I just had to put in my two dollars worth! Love your channel!
No we don't need any more government interference with my back yard lol yes it is real nice you should of visited before all the campsites charge now . Floating the san Rafael river is an adventure you will never forget but let's leave this place to us locals I live ten minutes from this place is my backyard and it's just fine without being charged to enjoy.
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Utah is amazing. So many different landscapes. Thank you for sharing.
Utah is being loved to death. No it does not need to be another national park. That just brings more people. More people end up ruining the environment and experience.
I want to be clear I am not advocating this to be a National Park. This is just a fun comparison of this canyon to Utah's National Parks!
Yes please please don’t advocate for more National Parks. Look at the non profit and all those people trying to spread awareness about the land east of price by the San Rafael swell. The government is literally trying to make a new monument or wilderness area. Or it did make it but now the blm wants to make a buffer zone which should be illegal cause it’s just making the monument even larger basically. Anyways they’re wanting to close down like another massive amount of acres. But the point being spread is the government wants to shut down tons of roads which has camping along the canyon rims. If the buffer zone is made it’ll destroy tons of camping spots and close roads which basically destroys public land. My dad is paralyzed. He road horses all his life till he became a cripple. As a cripple he can’t go no where on public lands without a pickup or side by side. So like Moab closing down that section of land by canyon lands my dad could never go and see it as it’s closed to side by sides.
95% of public land is Colorado and westward. 5% of public land is east of Colorado. Homesteading ended in 1978 with the passage of the FLMPA. I lived in Delaware one summer. It’s crazy how many towns were growing in the middle of farms and new massive highways being made.
If you want to promote national parks promote them in states with no public land. You can’t subdivide public land and put houses on it. Every state east of Colorado should have million acre national parks on it but the government doesn’t do it. Environmentalists know they have billions and that money is better spent or has a bigger influence getting politicians to just lockup public land in the west and continue to kill rural areas rather then do the mature thing and actually promote conservation in every state east of Colorado.
I remember at UsU recruiters for the ranch in Florida came. I asked why you recruiting when the lds church is just subdividing the land? He said well the government is forcing them to by threatening eminent domain. Idk. But like 250,000 acre ranch they owned In Florida would have made a great national park and add onto the wilderness corridor as most of Florida is really building and developing. Like it really is a shame when I see more parks made in the west. It hurts the west but then does nothing to really conserve land where it’s needed which is back east. That and think about it.
How equitable is it for public land to be in the west but not accessible by most Americans back east? From an equitable standpoint land in the west should be sold and land back east should be bought so massive public land spaces can be accessible to the huge population of people along the eastern coast.
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That was a fun video! Maybe we should leave it as it is so we’re not over run with people. Good job!😀👍
They have enough parks. This place is a really cool area. I have gone on many trips out there threw the wash and canyon. Everyone around there calls it The Wedge.
I live about 40-50 miles north from this place, I ride my side by side all over. So many miles of emptiness to explore 😊😊
Well enjoy while you can. The government may one day have the roads closed there just as they have in other places continually making more monuments and wilderness areas shutting down even metal detecting. It’s pretty sad that multi use of public land is no longer the norm in a lot of discussions being had.
The channel yanesha a rancher showed a video about the UN back in the 1990s and American politican Nancy pelosi and others saying they need to promote areas of wilderness and promote human towns in small areas to reduce the area of impact. It literally sounded like they were talking about 15 minute cities thirty years ago. But from a public land standpoint in Utah ya they’re shutting it all down in the south. You got 15 minute cities and then vast areas of closed land. It’s pretty interesting to see today and then see clips from the 1990s. What I don’t understand is why don’t they care about making national parks in every state east of Colorado? They have the power and money to make national parks and buy land but they only focus on Utah, Arizona etc
Social media had a non profit group saying they were trying to stop the BLM or something. The wilderness are or monument or something east of price I guess the government wants to put up a buffer and close another section of the desert closing roads and camping
@@koltoncrane3099 it's cuz the stupid government thinks the land is their land. Yes a lot of gold and oil in the USA but let them go against God's Country and gets in trouble
Nice beautiful place
Thanks for the post. Passed by many times on I-70 after the Moab area and thought it looked interesting to explore. Will have the time this year to check out the areas less travelled. That was a cool timed exposure in your video.
Yeah for sure go check it out, definitely worth the stop. And thank you, I’ve been having a lot of fun with the time lapses on my GoPro
What a professional video!
What a cute couple!
Keep enjoying your life!
Thanks for a great suggestion.
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Awesome! Best part of it not being a NP is free camping.
Great exploration, I've had this area bookmarked for a long time, looks amazing! How did the Crosstrek do on that terrain?
Some of the roads defeated me, cause they went from road to driving on just straight sandstone. But mostly they are dirt with a bit of mud, and those aren’t too bad at all
If u go the opposite way down the river, u will come to where the river is like 200 feet down straight rock.its pretty cool too.
That’s sounds awesome, i definitely want to take another trip back to see more of the area
Imagine the forest(s) that must have been there. Not to mention the rest of the living creatures, including human. Amazing to think of all the possibilities of what brought it to this condition.
Like i need more reason to go to Utah
Thanks, Topo Traveler.
Cool and interesting video! I'll definitely put that on my list, for the american southwest roadtrip I plan on doing sometime in the next 5 years (I am from germany). I hope you will keep making videos like this! Is your girlfriend of indian american decent?
Thank you! I will definitely have more videos for the southwest coming this summer. And she is of Mexican American descent
@@TopoTravelers Oops, I mean american indian/native american, so mexican american is close :)
So March/April is best for Utah? October maybe? Would early June just be crowd overload?
I would say so, it also gets really hot come June so that is another thing to think about. I would say March April is by far the most pleasant time
The local Bureau of Land Management is trying to block access to all of these places just to satisfy a few!🤬
Not everything should be a national park. I remember when Joshua Tree was declared one. It ruined the place. Now it's swarmed with people from LA and their cell phones. The Swell is not open and free. I don't think we need any more fees.
good video. glad you made it and had a good time. Consider researching the purpose of National Park versus BLM lands. It's a critical consideration. Also consider that Southern Utah is a pastoral economy -- tourist economy (national parks) is inferior to sustainable natural resource economies.
Since they're opening the uranium mine I don't think people ought to go . 😅
This place is stunning. I wonder why it's not a national park? Doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks again.
DO NOT make it a national or even a state park! Bureaucrats screw things up & make them complicated! We don't want the regulations, access permits, etc, like what happens in Canyon Lands! Leave this place free!
Not bagging on you, I just had to put in my two dollars worth! Love your channel!
Glad you like the channel, and valid points!
No we don't need any more government interference with my back yard lol yes it is real nice you should of visited before all the campsites charge now . Floating the san Rafael river is an adventure you will never forget but let's leave this place to us locals I live ten minutes from this place is my backyard and it's just fine without being charged to enjoy.
'Ancient art...' child-level scratches on rocks that people feel compelled to fake admire..
A lot of those rocks look like giant pieces of flesh. Meat has a grain just like wood...and marbleing".