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Our View: Zinke hasn’t done his homework on monumentsazdailysun.com
On paper, it’s a “review” and a “listening tour.” -
Tribune Editorial: Zinke's visit didn't include a balanced viewsltrib.com
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said a lot of the right things during his recent visit to Utah. But it wasn’t all that reassuring because he didn’t listen to all of the right people. It will ... -
As Zinke listens in on the monumental divide at Utah’s Bears Ears, natives feel unheardwashingtonpost.com
The future of the national monument has cleaved the remote Southwest community around it. -
Battle Over Bears Ears Heats Up as Trump Rethinks Its Monument Statusnytimes.com
President Trump’s move to reconsider the conservation area has thrust southeast Utah back to the front line in the fight over how much control Washington should have over Western lands. -
Comment Period Open on National Monument Reviewsuwa.org
President Trump has declared war on Utah’s national monuments. Now is the time to act. President Trump’s April 26th Executive Order requires a “review” of national monuments dating back to 1996. This bureaucratic speak hides the administration’s real i... -
Donald Trump needs to get out more | Editorials | Dallas Newsdallasnews.com
Observers who track such things noted last week that the president doesn't travel much. Since taking office, he has not been west of the... -
A take on regional news: Could Trump dismantle the American West? | ParkRecord.comparkrecord.com
Public lands are a uniquely American idea and every American has an ownership stake in the lands we all own. For decades, we’ve done our best to manage these lands for local communities and a growing nation, even while preserving their unique natural, ... -
The Western Think Tank Leading the Charge Against the Antiquities Actpsmag.com
With more than $1.6 million from groups backed by shadowy billionaires, the Sutherland Institute, based in Utah, has set its sights on the Bears Ears National Monument. -
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Defend Bear’s Ears... - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke must preserve Utah’s national monument designations including Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. I’ve spent much of my life recreating whenever I can in southeast Utah. I’ve hiked and m...moabtimes.com
Defend Bear’s Ears... - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke must preserve Utah’s national monument designations including Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. I’ve spent much of my life recreating whenever I can in southeast Utah. I’ve hiked and m... -
Window for comments on national monuments narrowazdailysun.com
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will begin accepting public comment today as he begins a review of 22 national monuments across the country and five marine national monuments. -
Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal a key Obama-era environmental regulationwashingtonpost.com
The vote marks the first defeat for Congress efforts to repeal Obama-era environmental standards since Trump became president. -
Report: Utah tourism growing at record levelsdeseretnews.com
A report authored by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah stated that tourism grew 12 percent from 2011 to 2015, with visitors spending a record of nearly $8.2 billion. -
Utah appeals on Recapture Canyon accesssltrib.com
Blanding • Blanding • The state of Utah is appealing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s latest decision regarding motorized access to San Juan County’s Recapture Canyon. The Interior Department had hailed the April 9 ... -
Opinion | Public Lands Under Threatnytimes.com
A conservationist writes that our public lands are under threat from a variety of extractive industries. -
Letter: Cherish the Westdeseretnews.com
As I see it, Utah's Congressional delegation and governor will rightfully bear much of the responsibility if either monument is reduced or eliminated. -
Letter: Let the tourist dollars flowsltrib.com
In her testimony to Congress, Kathleen Clarke has cemented her reputation as a political hack. The truth is that monuments promote economic development. According to the economic analysis, 2016 National Park Spending Effects, as reported ... -
Letter: Bishop ignores views of the tribessltrib.com
The Utah delegation manipulated the president into signing an aggressive executive order demanding review of our recently proclaimed large national monuments. Sen. Orrin Hatch was “relentless,” in the president’s words. Citizens must be equally relentl... -
Trump Takes Aim at Western Monuments That May Hold Oil, Coalbloomberg.com
Bears Ears National Monument in Utah boasts stretches of red-and-yellow sandstone so brilliant they appear to be ablaze and rock structures so precarious they appear to defy gravity. -
Trump's national monument plan could easily fail — but he'll still declare victorylatimes.com
Trump's plan to scrap national monuments is legally shaky. But the theater around it makes for good politics for him.