BY AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE
Fed up with what it says are constant blown deadlines and not being taken seriously, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition said it will pursue a new monument designation with the Obama administration and is bowing out of discussions on the Public Lands Initiative process.
The public lands bill — which has yet to be unveiled by Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah — called for setting up a National Conservation Area to protect the Bears Ears Butte area in San Juan County, but the coalition said it has yet to see a definitive proposal...