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Comments Due Next Week on Management Plans for Reduced Utah Monuments

Apr 6th, 2018 Written by suwa

As you know, on December 4th, 2017, the Trump administration illegally repealed Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, replacing them with two and three drastically smaller national monuments, respectively. This left over 2 million acres of cultural and natural wonders without protection.

Despite legal challenges filed by SUWA and partner organizations over this unlawful abuse of presidential authority, the BLM is moving forward with planning processes for these new monuments. This rushed effort largely cuts out public input so it’s important that you speak up as the Bureau of Land Management begins to move forward with its new management plans.  

Submit your comments to the BLM by April 11th for Bears Ears and April 13th for Grand Staircase-Escalante. Please note: you must comment separately on each monument plan.

>> Click here to submit comments on Bears Ears (by April 11)

>> Click here to submit comments on Grand Staircase-Escalante (by April 13)

We encourage you to write personalized comments as the agency is likely to disregard boilerplate messages. For talking points, please see the links above.

Your actions play a critical role in protecting both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as our legal team works to restore the monuments to their original state.

Thank you for taking action.