Before everyone jumps on me for blasphemy, I just gotta ask, have any of you actually read this letter? Because, if you did, you'd know it's not as clear cut as some of the screaming talking heads are making it out to be. In the last paragraph, the one people seem to be upset about, it clearly states the following:
Federal land use plans inappropriately open scenic and undeveloped land to drilling and mining and fail to address exploding off-road vehicle use that is damaging riparian areas, cultural sites, soils and solitude.
Now, I've bolded and underlined the word "open" because that means the scenic and undeveloped land in question has been and continues to remain "closed", as in, currently off limits to off-road vehicles now.
If there is something to be upset about, it's the fact that 40,000 miles of dirt routes and trails could be paved, lands privatized and developed if what the state of Utah is demanding is approved:
Now, the state of Utah is demanding that the federal government turn over 30 million acres of federal land for potential development and/or privatization and is asserting the right to expand and pave 40,000 miles of dirt routes and trails that crisscross Utah’s federally-owned wildlands. Both actions would result in the despoiling of Greater Canyonlands.
But hey, that's just the way I'm reading it and, unless or until someone can explain to me what I'm missing, I think I'll leave the pitchfork at home and refrain from joining the ranks of the angry mob.