PRESIDENT DONALD Trump began his stewardship of the nation’s public lands by drastically slashing Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, to the cheers of Utah politicians. Now that President Biden is in charge, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is reviewing the sites, Utah’s elected leaders are urging caution and deliberation, warning that Congress should be given a chance to legislate a permanent settlement on the area instead of leaving its fate to executive action.
Bears Ears cannot and should not wait for long...