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

Tim Peterson

02/20/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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Are Slashed Monuments Still Protected?

Why President Trump’s proclamations for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase leave lands unprotected.

Tim Peterson

02/7/18

Bears Ears, National Monuments, Energy, Uranium

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Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Open for Business

For now, the threat is not imminent development, but speculation on future fossil fuel drilling and coal and uranium mining.

Tim Peterson, flown by LightHawk

01/30/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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National Monument Cuts: Truth vs. Whoppers

Whopper #1: Don’t worry, there won’t be oil and gas drilling or uranium mining in the lands cut from Bears Ears.

Tim Peterson

01/22/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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Ancient Buildings Cut From Bears Ears National Monument

Native Americans don't see these sites as abandoned.

01/8/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears, DC Dispatch

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Bills Are Piling up Against National Monuments!

You know that first-of-the-month feeling — bills, bills, bills! But anti-public lands bills are also piling up in the second session of the 115th Congress.

Tim Peterson

01/2/18

National Monuments, Bears Ears

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Monumental Error: Zinke’s National Monuments Review Report

One day after Trump’s action, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke finally released his national monuments review report. And it isn't pretty.

Tim Peterson

12/28/17

Bears Ears, National Monuments

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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.

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