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

Ellen Heyn

06/17/19

Legal Update: Protecting National Monument Forests

If "treatment" plans go ahead, thousands of pinyon and juniper trees could vanish from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument forever.

Tim Peterson

06/7/19

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Superbloom in Bears Ears

Just about everything in Bears Ears is blooming. Take a whiff.

Tim Peterson

05/28/19

National Monuments

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument's Forests at Risk

The desert monument contains ancient pinyon and juniper trees as many as 1,400 years old.

Tim Peterson

04/29/19

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Congress Can Restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

As we wait for the courts to decide, Congress could act to settle the matter once and for all.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

04/10/19

National Monuments

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Pinyon Pine and Pinyon Jay

Pinyon jays recover their cached pine nuts about 95 percent of the time.

Tim Peterson

04/8/19

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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Bears Ears and Grand Staircase: Reading the Legal Tea Leaves

Lawsuits take time. But here are some positive signs from other court cases.

03/20/19

National Monuments, Bears Ears, Native America

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“Sunshine Week” for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante

The House Committee on Natural Resources digs into why President Trump shrank Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Tim Peterson

03/8/19

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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Winter Snow Falls, But Monuments Heat Up

A new interior secretary, elections in San Juan County, and new bills in Congress all stand to impact Utah's national monuments.

Tim Peterson

12/28/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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Celebrating Bears Ears and the Future of Utah’s National Monuments

Two years after designation, we're in court, working to restore the original boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument.

A seep monkey flower growing near an unnamed spring in Death Hollow, Grand Staircase. Marc Coles-Ritchie

11/21/18

Grazing, National Monuments, Water

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument's Springs Need Your Help

These precious watering holes are hotspots of cultural and biological diversity. Please urge the administration to protect them.

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

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