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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/27/trump-says-he-will-shrink-bears-ears-national-monument-a-sacred-tribal-site-in-utah/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.d3d7cf639f12
>President Trump informed Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)Friday that he will shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a 1.35 million-acre protected areain southeast Utah that is prized by many tribal leaders but opposed by several state and federal Republican officials
>Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended paring back the boundaries of Bears Ears and asking Congress to make less-restrictive designations within it, “such as national recreation areas or national conservation areas.” The monument, which contains tens of thousands of cultural artifacts, has become the most prominent symbol of controversy surrounding the 1906 Antiquities Act
>“I have to say we’re not surprised. We generally expected the president to make the wrong decision,” said Natalie Landreth, an attorney for three of the five Native American nations that petitioned the Obama administration to designate the monument, the Zuni, Hopi and Ute Mountain Utes.
>“On the 159th birthday of Teddy Roosevelt, America’s greatest conservation president, President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke are launching an unprecedented attack on Roosevelt’s legacy,” he said. “This foolish attempt to erase protections for Bears Ears… will meet immediate legal challenges, and it is destined to fail in court.”
>Trump’s willingness to reduce the size of Bears Ears, which comes as he is preparing to alter other monuments established by his predecessors. The White House is currently finalizing proclamations that would shrink both Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante, designated by Bill Clinton, and Nevada’s Gold Butte, according to individuals briefed on the process who asked for anonymity because no announcement had been made yet.
>President Trump informed Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)Friday that he will shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a 1.35 million-acre protected areain southeast Utah that is prized by many tribal leaders but opposed by several state and federal Republican officials
>Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended paring back the boundaries of Bears Ears and asking Congress to make less-restrictive designations within it, “such as national recreation areas or national conservation areas.” The monument, which contains tens of thousands of cultural artifacts, has become the most prominent symbol of controversy surrounding the 1906 Antiquities Act
>“I have to say we’re not surprised. We generally expected the president to make the wrong decision,” said Natalie Landreth, an attorney for three of the five Native American nations that petitioned the Obama administration to designate the monument, the Zuni, Hopi and Ute Mountain Utes.
>“On the 159th birthday of Teddy Roosevelt, America’s greatest conservation president, President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke are launching an unprecedented attack on Roosevelt’s legacy,” he said. “This foolish attempt to erase protections for Bears Ears… will meet immediate legal challenges, and it is destined to fail in court.”
>Trump’s willingness to reduce the size of Bears Ears, which comes as he is preparing to alter other monuments established by his predecessors. The White House is currently finalizing proclamations that would shrink both Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante, designated by Bill Clinton, and Nevada’s Gold Butte, according to individuals briefed on the process who asked for anonymity because no announcement had been made yet.
