A day after Utah filed suit to erase the Bears Ears National Monument’s restored boundaries, the Bureau of Land Management initiated the planning process for the 1.4-million-acre monument in partnership with the tribes that lobbied for its protection.
in partnership with the five tribes that lobbied for protecting this archaeologically rich landscape encircling Cedar Mesa.
Yet the Gov. Spencer Cox’s office still plans to participate in the planning processes for both monuments as a “cooperating agency.”We want the BLM to do right by these lands, like we do with all their lands across Utah, regardless of their federal designation,” said Jake Garfield, deputy director of Utah’s public lands office.
Tribes and environmental groups argue the exact opposite, that monument designation empowers the BLM to regulate and restrict uses that harm monument resources., an Idaho-based motorized-use advocacy group, filed its own lawsuit in federal court challenging the monuments’ restoration, making similar arguments.
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