The DOI inspector general began investigating Zinke after an environmental group, Western Values Project, alleged the former secretary gave preferential treatment to a Utah lawmaker when redefining the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Tim Pearce Daily Caller News Foundation Investigators…
Amazingly, astonishingly, earlier this year, just after President Trump used his executive authority to reconfigure two massive national monuments in Utah, 'spectacular,' 'major cashes' of fossils in the very areas trimmed away from the original Clinton/Obama designations were suddenly thought…
Sound, scientifically-based management of natural resources in and around monuments is critical to the health of the environment, wildlife and communities. Policies must ensure that monument management policies are fair, balanced and employ expertise in forestry, soil, geology, water, wildlife,…
“The Antiquities Act has been abused to designate 'monuments' that grossly exceed the scale envisioned by Congress,” Gibson said. “These land grabs set aside vast areas of federal lands for the purpose of landscape preservation and elimination of resource use…
"We’re very, very thankful for President Trump what he did in downsizing the national monument and bringing attention to the fact we can still have national parks that we can bring people to Utah, but we don’t have to lock…
“The premise has to be there can be economic development, but it can’t take away from environmental concerns or preservation. That's why the entire PR campaign against what the president and we are trying to do in Bears Ears and…
In reality, the actual thefts were masterminded and conducted by previous White House officials, in cahoots with radical environmentalists. Employing the immense power of the federal government, they took valuable state lands, multiple private lands and property rights, and a…
“There was a deliberate effort to conceal and keep the monument out of public view, Leavitt stated. “Secrecy was so vital a concern to the endeavor that the administration was denying a decision had been made, even as bleachers were going…
Its attempt to raise hysteria over the fact that southern Utah has oil and gas and mineral deposits falls short, especially when the scientific facts related to energy development in the Bears Ears National Monument region are introduced into the…
"The people who live nearby understand how Clinton’s and Obama’s actions harmed their communities." Rob Bishop National Review President Trump’s Courageous Decision to Shrink Utah Monuments Places Principle Ahead of Politics President Trump traveled to Utah this week to announce…