-
centralmaine.com
-
Dear President Trump: America’s most egregious “federal land grab” was in 1891, under Benjamin Harrisonsalon.com
There's an object lesson in Harrison's accidental expansion of Yellowstone: In the end, it was a good thing -
Guest opinion: Step up now to preserve U.S. public landsbillingsgazette.com
For Americans worried about where our environmental policies are headed, it’s important to remind ourselves that we have many important milestones to our credit. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses -
Preserve public lands for the children yet to comedurangoherald.com
You have fished for the trophy trout in the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Or perhaps you’ve hiked Sand Canyon, a bit... -
Our economic prosperity depends on healthy public landsdeseretnews.com
If the president wishes to honor his promise to those who have lost their jobs in coal country and other rural areas that have been hurt by a changing economy, he should maintain all of America’s existing monuments. -
Listen to the Bears Ears and protect national treasuresusatoday.com
President Trump's order to review all national monuments established since 1996 poses a threat to the Bears Ears site in Utah. We must protect this place of quiet beauty and beloved family memories. -
Letter: They tolerate Trump to kill Bears Earssltrib.com
Come on, folks, wise up. We should all understand why our federal delegation from Utah — Sens. Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch and Reps. Jason Chaffetz, Mia Love, Chris Stewart and Rob Bishop — won’t ... -
Bears Ears critics' numbers are misleading: A look at early monument sizessltrib.com
Bears Ears National Monument critics routinely point to the sprawling reach of President Barack Obama’s proclamation, taking in the swath of canyon country from the San Juan River north to Indian Creek, as the monument’s ... -
Trump proposes sharp cuts at Interior Department while pushing for more drilling on public landswashingtonpost.com
The proposed budget puts an emphasis on expanded drilling on public lands while providing funds to chip away at a maintenance backlog at national parks. -
Propst: We can fight against Utah’s war on public lands (column) | SummitDaily.comsummitdaily.com
I spent a week last month backpacking and pack-rafting in and around Utah’s new Bears Ears National Monument. But even while I paddled the silty San Juan River and -
Federal land transfer amounts to nothing more than robberynews.hjnews.com
Last Thursday night I attended a discussion of the study “An Analysis of a Transfer of Federal Lands to the State of Utah” by economists from the University of Utah, -
Things aren't adding up at Interior headquarters | GJSentinel.comgjsentinel.com
Grand Junction - Returning power to the people has been a recurring theme of the Trump administration since the president delivered his inaugural address -
Gehrke: While wrangling over undoing Bears Ears continues, treasures go unprotectedsltrib.com
Utah’s senators are not seeing eye to eye on what steps President Donald Trump should take when it comes to Bears Ears National Monument. While Sen. Mike Lee is pushing hard for fully rescinding the ... -
Presidents can't undo national monuments, new study sayssltrib.com
As Utah political leaders continue predicting President Donald Trump will shrink or even erase the new Bears Ears National Monument, a soon-to-be published legal analysis concludes that presidents have no authority to mess with monuments ... -
National parks prepare for busy Memorial Day weekendmoabsunnews.com
Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails and limited parking. -
Trump Wants to Give the EPA Its Smallest Budget in 40 Yearstheatlantic.com
The president's proposed budget would halt many Superfund cleanups and end the government’s ability to enforce most environmental rules. -
Monument designations don't affect livestock grazingmoabsunnews.com
It’s hard to beat Ron Gibson's op-ed for being more irrelevant to the issue of whether Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments deserve to continue as part of our nation’s treasure of monuments (“Farm Bureau applauds monument review,... -
Conservationist buys Needles Outpost in Bears Ears for $2.5 milliondeseretnews.com
An old airplane strip, a commercial campground, convenience store and the only gas station around for 45 miles — the Needles Outpost — sold at auction for $2.5 million Wednesday. -
thespectrum.com
-
Spencer Black: Don't let Donald Trump shrink our national treasureshost.madison.com
President Trump has ordered a review of millions of acres set aside as national monuments, and it is expected that he will try to revoke or shrink as many as