by Tim Peterson, Utah Wildlands Director
Summer is in full swing at Bears Ears, and a major announcement made this afternoon could signal that the permanent protection of America’s most significant cultural landscape is as sure to arrive as the soaking four corners monsoon rains.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other decision makers are holding a public listening session on Saturday, July 16 in Bluff, Utah to gather public input on the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition’s proposed Bears Ears National Monument. Please don’t miss this opportunity; it may be the most important step you can take to help protect Bears Ears.
Saturday, July 16 at 1 pm
Bluff Community Center, 3rd East and Mulberry, Bluff, Utah
Though the meeting begins at 1 pm, please arrive by 11 am to ensure supporters pack the room.
Please bring your family and friends, and invite everyone you know who cares about protecting and healing the land and our collective history.
We now have the best opportunity we’ve had in decades to preserve southeast Utah’s matchless wildlands, to protect sacred cultural resources, to ensure that the rich history of Bears Ears remains unspoiled for future generations, and to heal the land and each other. We need your help to demonstrate overwhelming public support of a new Bears Ears National Monument—please be in Bluff on July 16!
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The moment is here!
Show your support for Bears Ears
When: Saturday, June 16 at 1pm
Where: Bluff Community Center, 3rd East and Mulberry, Bluff, Utah