Are 60% of Utahns Really This Stupid?

An environmental group is waving a new poll that shows a majority of Utahns support the so-called "Redrock Bill" in Congress that would place wilderness restrictions on more than 9 million acres in the state" says KSL. According to a poll conducted for SUWA(Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance), over 60 percent of "respondents" think these lands should be protected as wilderness! As KSL continues to say "The poll runs counter to sentiments of elected officials. Utah's entire congressional delegation is on record as opposing the bill." After reading through the comments in response to this article it's obvious that most Utahns really aren't this stupid. Most understand what SUWA's agenda is in designating more wilderness. Wilderness has it's place, and has had it's place in the past, but we do not need more, the concept doesn't apply to new closures. The content of this poll simply shows what lengths SUWA is willing to go to reach it's agenda of LOCKING UP UTAH LANDS. They sell this idea of protecting and preserving our lands, which the majority of Utahns obviously want to do, while hiding the fact that their absolute goal is to shut us out! They say they are "protecting it for our children"? Sounds like a great idea doesn't it? How are they protecting it from our children by making 9 million acres into wilderness area? How many of us hike our kids or grandkids more than a mile or so into the wilderness areas that now have restrictions on them? SUWA is a greedy special interest group that caters to the few. This poll was certainly limited to their interests and nothing more, and it also makes me wonder how this poll was worded?. A legitimate poll of Utahns asking them if they want to be shut out of our own lands might have produced different results..Do ya think?? They likely conducted this poll on their website, or to a select group in bigger, select cities with careful(deceitful!) wording. The fact is that the majority of Utah does not want to be locked out of PUBLIC lands. The state is going to continue to lose a lot of revenue if they keep allowing areas to be closed to atvs etc. Money to improve state parks and recreation areas comes from ohv licensing. Much of the clean-up is done by 4x4 clubs and organizations such as the Utah 4-Wheel Drive Association. I sure don't see registration fees for mountain bikes, or back packs currently. We need to be supporting organizations like the Blue Ribbon Coalition , who's goal is to "PRESERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC, INSTEAD OF FROM THE PUBLIC". We should be supporting multiple, responsible use of our lands, not extreme special interest groups. Unfortunately organizations like SUWA have a lot of backing from people outside of our state(and a few idiots in the state) that don't understand the real issues, have never used the land, never plan to use the land, and have no idea how to protect the land. So, what do they do?, They blindly give funding and support to SUWA, and they are funded very well! Obviously this means that we have to double our efforts to educate people about how to really protect our lands, after all, if we close it off, then it may as well not exist at all. After the land is closed, it is very hard or impossible to EVER get it back! How much more of this crap are we going to take? This is OUR PUBLIC land, not the land of SUWA and their liberal democratic supporters. I would be very interested to see what percentage of Americans use the wilderness areas, and to what extent. It seems I read somewhere that it was less than 2% and even then most of the time less than 2 miles into the areas. This is the definition of "special interest" and "catering to the few". I don't think this bill is going to happen, but let's be on our toes and make sure it doesn't!