A review of national monuments threatens beloved natural and cultural landscapes protected under the Antiquities Act.
Category: Bears Ears
Utah voters strongly support national monuments in general, and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular, a new poll shows.
A small victory in the legal case challenging Daneros uranium mine, near Bears Ears National Monument.
Bears Ears petroglyph panels and cultural sites protected by new proposed management plan.
A rally in Salt Lake City followed by a spiritual walk in White Mesa demonstrate the Ute community’s determination to see uranium mill close.
Native peoples have been cultivating the Four Corners potato in the American Southwest as far back as 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.
Proposal to build massive communications tower on state lands inside Bears Ears National Monument withdrawn
More than 275,000 pounds of radioactive materials imported from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency headed to Utah’s White Mesa Mill.
The court ruling reaffirmed that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monuments.
Radioactive waste remains partially uncovered in enormous waste pits at the White Mesa Mill, on the doorstep of Bears Ears National Monument.
Documents reveal radioactive waste from Estonia shipped to the White Mesa Mill near Bears Ears National Monument.
Radioactive materials remain uncovered at the controversial White Mesa uranium mill near Bears Ears National Monument.
Tribal leaders signed a cooperative agreement to jointly manage Bears Ears National Monument and unveiled the first Bears Ears sign.
If the mill can’t store Superfund waste lawfully, should it really be continuing to process and discard other radioactive wastes?
The White Mesa uranium mill threatens people and the environment a mile from Bears Ears National Monument.
Seven extraordinary places protected again in Bears Ears National Monument.
Today, President Biden signed proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Five unique and significant places in Bears Ears that are deserving of protection.
A uranium reserve would subsidize the uranium industry at the expense of the Grand Canyon, Bears Ears, and frontline communities.
A last-ditch effort to extend the life of a uranium mill near Bears Ears that should have closed long ago.
As abandoned toxic and radioactive mine waste is cleaned up inside Bears Ears National Monument, new mining claims prepare to dig in.
It’s time for President Biden to act on Secretary Haaland’s recommendations and restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Tribal elders and leaders share tips about how to visit cultural landscapes like Bears Ears respectfully.
Secretary Haaland recently wrapped up a visit to southern Utah where she listened to all perspectives on the question of national monuments.
The national monuments debate continues as Deb Haaland, now at the helm of the Interior Department, heads to Utah for a visit.
The toxic legacy of uranium has disproportionately harmed Indigenous communities.
Community members in White Mesa, Utah are working to protect their water from radioactive waste.
What’s in store for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in the Biden administration.
Why does the Japan Atomic Energy Agency want to send radioactive waste to Utah?
From Arches to Canyonlands to Capitol Reef, what’s on the auction block?