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Tim Peterson

Native Americans ready to work with others to make Bears Ears Monument succeed

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

News|January 21, 2017

BY KENNETH MARYBOY As political rhetoric by Utah's political elite reaches a fever pitch, it's more important than ever to sit down and share the origin story of Bears Ears National Monument as we... Read Original Story

Tom Bean

Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue

Source: The Guardian

News|January 19, 2017

BY HEATHER HANSMAN In the midst of highly publicized steps to dismantle insurance coverage for 32 million people and defund women’s healthcare facilities, Republican lawmakers have quietly laid the... Read Original Story

Kristen Caldon

Resource and Development Committee tables Escalade project

Source: Navajo-Hopi Observer

News|January 17, 2017

BY KATHERINE LOCKE A full house at the Bodaway/Gap Chapter waited five hours Jan. 11 for the Resource and Development Committee (RDC) to sort through other matters before tabling legislation that... Read Original Story

Michael Collier

Leaseholder likes flexible oil shale rules

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel

News|January 15, 2017

BY DENNIS WEBB A company that holds a federal oil shale lease in eastern Utah says it appreciates the royalty-rate flexibility in new lease rules released by the government last week. The Bureau of... Read Original Story

Outgoing Obama Interior Department calls for major reform of federal coal program

Source: Washington Post

News|January 11, 2017

BY JULIET EILPERIN AND CHRIS MOONEY With just days until President-elect Trump’s inauguration, the Department of the Interior finalized a report Wednesday calling for major changes to the federal... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

Bears Ears Monument Is A Win For Tribal Food Sovereignty. Will Trump Undo It?

Source: NPR

News|January 9, 2017

BY KRISTINA JOHNSON Seven years ago, the Navajo tribal council in southeastern Utah started mapping the secret sites where medicine men and women forage for healing plants and Native people source... Read Original Story

Blake McCord

Obama Will Not Declare Grand Canyon Monument — But Supporters Vow to Continue the Fight

Source: Phoenix New Times

News|January 6, 2017

BY MIRIAM WASSER Rep. Raul Grijalva announced in a written statement today that he has received word from the White House that President Barack Obama does not plan to designate the Greater Grand... Read Original Story

Amanda Voisard

Grijalva: No Grand Canyon monument by Obama

Source: Arizona Daily Sun

News|January 6, 2017

BY EMERY COWAN The Obama Administration has sent word that it does not plan to create a national monument around the Grand Canyon, according to an Arizona congressman. Read Original Story

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