Bears Ears in the News: "Make It Monumental"

File under Delicious Irony: San Juan County has launched a splashy new campaign, “Make it Monumental,” which highlights the county’s spectacular public lands and the national monuments within its borders. This is the same county whose elected officials have loudly opposed the creation of Bears Ears National Monument and supported the efforts of Utah’s congressional delegation to abolish the Antiquities Act - the same law that allows presidents to establish (you guessed it) national monuments.

Rebecca RobinsonSeptember 18, 2018Bears Ears National Monument, Bears Ears, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase Escalante, Trump Administration, Lawsuit, San Juan County, Mormons, Antiquities Act

This Week in Bears Ears News: Big Parties and Protest Songs

Bears Ears Officially Opens to Oil and Gas and Mining - Outside, 2/2/18

Outside has done consistently solid reporting on all things Bears Ears and public lands. Don't let the fatalistic URL fool you: this piece takes a clear-eyed look at the opening of lands formerly within Bears Ears National Monument to resource extraction, and explains why we're unlikely to see an "1800s-style land rush" bonanza anytime soon.

Rebecca RobinsonFebruary 5, 2018Curtis Bill, Bears Ears National Monument, This week in Bears Ears News, Shash Jaa, Tribes, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Outdoor Retailer, Utah, National Parks, Antiquities Act, Rob Bishop, Grand Staircase Escalante, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Trump Executive Order, Oil and gas, Mining

Bears Ears in the News: “It’s About Race.”

A sampling of stories from the Bears Ears beat:

Some Monumental Issues - Archaeology Southwest, 1/8/18

Archaeologist Bill Lipe has spent more than 50 years working in the American Southwest and is one of the foremost experts on the archaeology of the Bears Ears region. In this piece, he makes the case for preservation of the entire Bears Ears cultural landscape, not merely the best-known archaeological sites. A good read and well worth 15 minutes of your time.

Rebecca RobinsonJanuary 16, 2018Bears Ears, Bears Ears National Monument, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, BLM, Bluff, Archaeology, Southwest, Public Land, Trump, Grand Staircase Escalante, Native American, HB 4532, Gov Herbert, Utah Dine Bikeyah, Salt Lake Tribune

From A to Zinke: A Beginner's Guide to the Bears Ears Saga

One of the greatest challenges of this project has been trying to explain what our work is about to those unfamiliar with the story we have been following for well over two years. In this blog, and with our books, we are trying to create that space to provide context that is missing from many news stories and to humanize what can be complex and wonky issues. With that in mind, let's take a whirlwind tour of the Bears Ears cultural and political landscape.

Rebecca RobinsonNovember 8, 2017Bears Ears, Antiquities Act, Zinke, San Juan County, National Monument, Public Lands, Utah Dine Bikeyah, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Rob Bishop, Grand Staircase Escalante

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