Now that we’ve collectively taken a month or so to deeply breathe in full restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to their original boundaries: what comes next? We’ve invited SUWA’s Legal Director, Steve Bloch to explain the current state of things. Steve has guided SUWA’s work through legal and administrative challenges on both monuments over the years, and he’s here to bring us up to date on the process, answer your questions, and explain what you can do to reinforce protections for these outstanding places.
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Resources:
Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Statement on Bears Ears National Monument restoration
SUWA Statement on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument restorations
Learn more about SUWA’s stance on Bears Ears here
Learn more about SUWA’s stance on Grand Staircase-Escalante here
Highlights in the News:
KSLTV: Tribes, advocates praise Bears Ears restoration
High Country News: Bears Ears is back– but don’t celebrate just yet
Washington Post Opinion: Bears Ears is protected again. But for how long?
Deseret Opinion: It’s time to deflate the Bears Ears political football
Huffington Post: Utah Republicans Shamelessly Invoke Tribes to Condemn Bidens Monument Restorations
KUTV2: Utah AG challenging orders over Bears Ears, Grand Staircase National Monuments
Outside Magazine Op-Ed: There’s more work to do at Bears Ears
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A transcript of this episode is available here.