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Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

Tim Peterson

12/28/17

Celebrating One Year of Bears Ears National Monument

Bears Ears and all it represents is worth celebrating, so in an unabashed display of optimism, we offer you these silver linings.

12/26/17

National Monuments

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President Trump Attempts to Remodel Grand Staircase

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s boundaries before the Trump repeal are backed up in law.

Stephanie Smith

12/18/17

Maps, National Monuments, Bears Ears

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No relief for Grand Staircase and Bears Ears

A glimpse into mapping the slashed boundaries of Grand Staircase and Bears Ears national monuments.

Jonathan Bailey

12/13/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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Rock Art Cut From Bears Ears National Monument

A picture's worth a thousand words. Here's a look at some of the rock art that lost its national monument protections.

12/11/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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Truth vs. “Alternative Facts” About Monuments

Let's take a look at some of the whoppers President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke have advanced about the national monument cuts.

Jonathan Bailey

12/6/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Bears Ears and Grand Staircase: What Got Cut

A look at what got nixed from our national monuments, according to Trump's proclamations.

Tim Peterson

12/4/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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Trump Slashes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

In a deeply cynical and baldly political move, President Trump signed proclamations today eviscerating Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Tim Peterson

10/30/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Trump to Gut Bears Ears, Grand Staircase

Several Utah politicians reportedly received phone calls from President Trump saying the administration intends to shrink the nation's first truly Native American national monument.