Documents reveal Interior officials worked with the conservative group, Americans For Prosperity (AFP), to rescind the original Bears Ears National Monument.
Native News Online. “So, in striving to protect our culture, our religious and spiritual freedoms, our sovereignty and our treaty rights – all of which are encapsulated in the grizzly issue – we are ‘destroying’ Cheney’s idea of the ‘Western way of life’?” asked Tom Rogers.
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."