Documents reveal Interior officials worked with the conservative group, Americans For Prosperity (AFP), to rescind the original Bears Ears National Monument.
The Salt Lake Tribune. "Conservation groups called the Pendley appointment an alarming choice, while Western ranchers called it a welcome move that shows the Trump administration is serious about opening public lands to all uses, including mining and ranching."
Bloomberg Environment. Is the BLM avoiding its federal trust responsibility?
Washington Post, Associated Press. "A government watchdog will investigate whether the U.S. Interior Department broke the law by making plans to open up lands cut from a Utah national monument by President Trump to leasing for oil, gas and coal development."
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (May 29, 2019) – The Interior Department continues to push forward with its Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) for the so-called Shash Jáa and Indian Creek Units despite pending legal challenges to the Trump Administration’s decision to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument into these two, much smaller units. Specifically, the Interior Department is conv
Office of Senator Tom Udall (NM). Senator Udall takes the lead in protecting the original boundaries of Bears Ears, asking the acting Secretary for a specific commitment to leave existing national monument boundaries intact as originally intended before the Senate votes on his nomination for Secretary of the Interior.
Federal Register. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF BEITC: "We do not support the composition and construction of the proposed Bears Ears Monument Advisory Committee."