Like so many others, I find solace in nature during these uncertain and scary times. My family is so grateful to have access to hiking trails and a garden to tend. And my time in nature reminds me about the work I and so many others were focused on before the pandemic upended our lives:…
Plaintiff Organizations in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Cases Decry Administration’s Final Management Plans
Management Plans Ignore Tribes, Courts and the Public February 6, 2020 (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah)—Today, sovereign tribal nations, local and national groups, all plaintiffs in the federal court cases challenging the legality of the Trump Administration’s reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, released a joint statement. This statement comes in response to…
Ocean Protections Extend America’s Proud Tradition of Conservation
Our country needs more—not fewer—marine national monuments Imagine standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon, marveling at ancient layers of rock, the distant ribbon of the Colorado River, and the purity of an immense environment teeming with flora and fauna. Now imagine shrugging and stepping aside as mining and drilling companies move in to…
Groups Respond to Management Plans that Threaten Grand Staircase-Escalante and Future of All National Monuments
Plan Undermines Standards for National Monument Protections, Ignores Public Opposition and Ongoing Litigation Over Reduced Boundaries ESCALANTE, Utah (August 23, 2019) – Today, local and national groups, businesses and globally-respected scientist organizations, denounced the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) release of management plans for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as another step toward undermining protections for Americans’…
Trump administration issues flawed plan for Bears Ears National Monument lands despite active litigation and overwhelming opposition
MOAB, Utah (July 26, 2019)—Utah’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to rush forward a plan for the illegally reduced Bears Ears National Monument that completely ignores the more than one million acres removed by an unlawful Executive Order and leaves most of the culturally and scientifically significant lands unprotected. In a final plan released…