Leaders from the five tribes that built a coalition to protect and advocate for the continued integrity of Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah (Navajo, Hopi, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni) expressed their dismay over Secretary Zinke’s unfortunate recent remarks regarding the fate of the Monument...
Grand Canyon Trust. "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has yet to disclose how he incorporated input from Native American tribes and the 2.8 million Americans who urged protections for national monuments in the public comment period into his leaked draft recommendations to shrink monuments and gut their protections. "
Today, the Bears Ears Commission of Tribes met in Moab to continue the work of planning for the management of Bears Ears National Monument. “It’s appalling that on the very day that we are meeting with federal agencies to forward the management plan for Bears Ears, we learn that President Trump has pledged to illegally reduce the monument,” said Shaun Chapoose, Commission representative for Ute Indian Tribe...
Leaders of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition expressed outrage over reports that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended to President Trump that he make dramatic reductions to Bears Ears National Monument....
Op-ed by Indian Country Today. "National monument designation for Bears Ears is an example of the federal land management process working."
In an unprecedented and illegal move, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended that President Trump shrink the Bears Ears National Monument and have Congress undermine protections in the remaining areas. The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, which includes five sovereign Native nations, issued the following statement...
U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, called Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendations to reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument "deeply disrespectful and insulting" to the Native American Tribes who urged protection for the culturally significant region.
As part of an abbreviated 15-day comment period, more than 685,000 comments have been submitted online in support of the Bears Ears National Monument to the Department of the Interior....
Salt Lake Tribune. "Interior secretary says he arrives in Utah "without any predisposition of outcome" ahead of June 10 deadline to recommend the future of new monument to Trump."
Grand Canyon Trust Blog. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke conducts a monument review on his visit to Utah. "His statements reveal that the secretary has not studied the Bears Ears National Monument proclamation"