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

Tim Peterson

11/12/24

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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Bears Ears Plan Makes History

Bears Ears petroglyph panels and cultural sites protected by new proposed management plan.

Tim Peterson

10/30/24

Uranium, Native America, Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Over 100 Walk in Solidarity with White Mesa

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.

Alastair Bitsóí

09/18/24

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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A Really Old Potato and Indigenous Foods in Bears Ears

Native peoples have been cultivating the Four Corners potato in the American Southwest as far back as 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.

Tim Peterson

08/22/24

Bears Ears, National Monuments, DC Dispatch

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Bears Ears Spared a 480-foot Tower, for Now

Proposal to build massive communications tower on state lands inside Bears Ears National Monument withdrawn

Tim Peterson, flown by LightHawk

06/11/24

Uranium, Native America, Energy, Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Japanese Waste Shipped to Uranium Mill Near Bears Ears

More than 275,000 pounds of radioactive materials imported from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency headed to Utah's White Mesa Mill.

Tim Peterson

05/20/24

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Native America

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New Plan for Bears Ears: Comment by June 11, 2024

Now is your chance to support the five tribes’ vision for protecting Bears Ears.

Tim Peterson

08/21/23

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Court Dismisses Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Lawsuits

The court ruling reaffirmed that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monuments.

Tim Peterson, EcoFlight

05/2/23

Bears Ears, Uranium, Native America, Energy

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A Bird’s-eye View of Bears Ears National Monument

Radioactive waste remains partially uncovered in enormous waste pits at the White Mesa Mill, on the doorstep of Bears Ears National Monument.

Tim Peterson

02/15/23

Bears Ears, Uranium, Native America, Energy

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Update: Southern Utah’s More Radioactive Future?

Documents reveal radioactive waste from Estonia shipped to the White Mesa Mill near Bears Ears National Monument.

Tim Peterson, flown by EcoFlight

10/11/22

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Speak up for Bears Ears National Monument by Oct 31

A new plan for Bears Ears must honor Indigenous traditional knowledge.

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

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