Bears Ears National Monument is a United States national monument located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah established by President Barack Obama by presidential proclamation on December 28 2016. Bears Ears is the first national monument ever created at the request of a coalition of Indigenous tribes.
Bears Ears National Monument Is Shrinking Here S What Is Being Cut The New York Times
In December President Donald Trump shrunk the 135 million-acre protected site by 85 percent.
Bears ears national monument controversy. Candidate at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Removal of federal protection would return the land to the state and allow them to sell it for oil and gas extraction. Why is Bears Ears National Monument causing controversy.
In a move presaged by leaked government documents Trump announced that he would reduce the 135-million acre Bears Ears National Monument created by President Barack Obama in late 2016 by 85. Bears Ears has attracted controversy since President Obama announced in December 2016 that he would protect the 135 million-acre site in southeastern Utah as a national monument. The new monument includes 135 million acres.
Due to backlash from stakeholders such as the indigenous scientific and environmental communities and. William La Jeunesse reports on reaction to Obamas action. The monuments original size was 1351849 acres 2112264 sq mi.
Some people are encouraging the Obama Administration to designate this vast area a national monument while others are strongly opposed to the idea. One year later the monuments area was reduced by 85. The sun sets over Bears Ears National Monument in.
The announcement is the culmination of a weird and wild ride that began in February when Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a resolution urging the President to rescind Bears Ears National. He ultimately shrunk the amount of land protected by about 85 percent. As of April 27 only one new claim on land cut from Bears Ears had been recorded with the local BLM office.
Its a fight that the Morris family perceives as a conspiracy to take their land though the reality is more complicated. Why is the designation controversial. Fortunately the current administration recognized President Obamas overstep and significantly reduced the Bears Ears National Monument.
The Bears Ears Controversy. Laura Martinez is a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review and 2019 JD. Artifacts like this blanket this area which has been at the heart of a controversy over the Bears Ears National Monument for the past two years.
Welcome to Bears Ears National Monument. The designation of Bears Ears as a national monument means that Brandonand other outdoor enthusiasts like himare banned from accessing the land because of their condition. Presidential Signing Statement on the Designation of Bears Ears National Monument and Gold Butte National Monument 2016 Daily Comp.
This is one of the most extensive archaeological areas on Earth. 547074 km 2 which was reduced by 85 by President Donald Trump on December 4 2017 - an act subsequently. Chris DAngeloHuffPost The pair of buttes for which Bears Ears National Monument is named.
Interior Secretary Haaland visits Utah monument amid controversy over whether to restore boundaries shrunk by Trump. Please take the time to learn how to protect the monument for generations to come. Where is the Bears Ears National Monument.
Bears Ears National Monument BENM a site with extraordinary cultural scientific and recreational values was established by President Barack Obama of the United States in 2016. The Bears Ears area. It lies west of Highway 191.
With or without a monument outsiders want a piece of what many in San Juan County have come to understand as theirs. This included Bears Ears National Monument which was protected by President Obama in years prior. Nadja Popovich Bears Ears National Monument is Shrinking.
Its estimated that the Bears Ears region in Southeast Utah could have tens of thousands of archaeological sites most of which are unprotected. The power of preserving this outstanding landscape is in your hands. More than five years before Bears Ears sparked nationwide controversy Native leaders in San Juan County -- where the monument is located -- began looking into a way to protect the land.
Bears Ears is the first national monument created at the request of and with input from Native American governments.
