BY MIRIAM WASSER
Today is the last day the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will accept public comment about a proposal to expand the Daneros uranium mine in southern Utah. The mine, which began excavating uranium in 2010, is located in the heart of the proposed Bears Ears National Monument, at a site about five miles west of Natural Bridges National Monument.
According to the BLM, "total ore production for the life of the mine would increase from 100,000 tons over 7 years to 500,000 tons over 20 years [and] total mine disturbance would increase from 4.5 acres to 46 acres."