Posts tagged Indian Creek
Bears Ears in the News: Change and Controversy at the BLM
Bears Ears in the News: Change and Controversy at the BLM

Environmentalists, tribes blast Utah national monument plan - KUTV, 7/27/19

Perhaps the most controversial component of the plan is its opening large swaths of archaeologically significant land to off-road vehicle use - something both conservationists and Native peoples see as insulting to tribes and dangerous for fragile landscapes.

But this isn’t the only story keeping the BLM in the headlines.

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Rebecca RobinsonBears Ears National Monument, Federal Lands, Department of Interior, Interior Department, Utah, National Monument, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, BLM, Indian Creek
Bears Ears in the News: Big Numbers and a Ticking Clock
Bears Ears in the News: Big Numbers and a Ticking Clock

Today is the final day for the public to submit comments on the BLM's management plans for the Trump administration's much-reduced Bears Ears National Monument. Groups such as Utah Diné Bikéyah(UDB), a Native-led nonprofit whose advocacy for the protection of Bears Ears led to the creation of the original monument proposal by Native American tribes, has urged its supporters to participate. 

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Rebecca RobinsonBears Ears National Monument, Shash Jaa, Indian Creek, Utah Dine Bikeyah, BLM, Cedar Mesa, Trump, Friends of Cedar Mesa, Utah, San Juan County, Comb Ridge, Native American, National Monument