Tribes back bill to ban new uranium mining around Grand Canyon
Indianz Publication. "They told us to keep fighting this fight, to protect our water and our existence."
Indianz Publication. "They told us to keep fighting this fight, to protect our water and our existence."
The Guardian. A new study shows that the reduction of the Bears Ears National Monument is part of a greater global movement to gradually strip away resource protections and conversely open up natural landscapes for industrial development.
Architectural Record. Bears Ears amongst the most endangered historic places in the U.S.
Indianz Publication. "The Department of Interior is backing away from plans to exploit ancestral tribal lands in New Mexico."
CBS. A look at some of the remarkable places in Bears Ears. Make sure to Visit With Respect whenever traveling to sacred and natural landscapes (Videographer: Scot Miller).
The Guardian. Representative Haaland (NM-01) continues to be a protector and gatekeeper for tribal interest and public lands.
Moab Sun News. The Ute Mountain Ute community and their supporters marched in a spiritual walk to protest the extraction of uranium by Energy Fuels Inc. and other companies in the Bears Ears region.
Salt Lake Tribune. "In the coming three months, President Donald Trump is expected to issue a trade decision that could make or break the U.S. uranium-mining industry with implications for southeastern Utah;" mining near Bears Ears and Grand Canyon National Park will become more feasible.
NPR: KNAU. San Juan County officially withdraws as an "objecting intervenor to lawsuits filed by conservation and tribal groups challenging President Donald Trump's downsizing the monument in 2017." The Commission has changed their position on the issue since the election of the new commissioners last fall.
Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) Press Release. “After today’s hearing, the Administration should know that we’re serious about getting to the bottom of their decision to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante.”