Deb Haaland will make her first foray into Utah as Interior secretary this week, traveling Thursday to San Juan County, where she will hear from tribes, elected leaders and other “stakeholders” about the fate of Bears Ears National Monument.
The secretary will tour the monument in the early afternoon and then meet with local elected leaders later that day, according to an advisory issued by the Interior Department that was short on details sbout the visit. The advisory indicates she will also travel to Kane County, home to part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It did not say exactly when she would go there...