December 6, 2016 EDITORIAL: ‘On-the-ground’ solutions better than strong-armed monument designation Selective wilderness designations, river protections and broad prohibitions on mining would be strategic, consequential steps Congress could take to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, the…
December 6, 2016 Podesta PEW pen-pal goes whole hog with monuments push The WikiLeaks expose’ of his plea to Podesta makes it clear that influence at the highest levels of government and power over policy-making, not…
November 30, 2016 Colorado students supporting federal Bears Ears takeover vandalize antiquities Davis said the students responsible have been identified, but instead of punishment, the school has chosen to use the incident as a learning experience,…
November 23, 2016 Grassroots movement in SE Utah defies Obama monuments agenda The proposal to make Bears Ears a national monument has created divisions throughout the state of Utah. But in San Juan County, residents of…
November 18, 2016 Southeastern Utah Navajo overwhelmingly oppose Bears Ears Monument Massive tracts of land being declared National Monuments violates the very Antiquities Act used to enact them as they are to be “confined to…
November 10, 2016 Bears Ears will not be protected by overrunning it with tourism Though it aims to protect sacred space and preserve archaeological sites, a monument would actually tame the wild, overrun the spiritual, enforce webs of…
November 10, 2016 Owyhee Monument opponents hope Trump will help them escape federal designation Some Eastern Oregon ranchers believe Donald Trump’s victory makes it less likely that President Barack Obama will declare a national monument in Malheur County…
November 8, 2016 National Monuments: The New Feudalism In areas designated national monuments, productive activities are heavily restricted or even banned. These are precisely the sorts of restrictions that federal agencies have…
November 6, 2016 WikiLeaks exposes Podesta/PEW collusion behind Obama monuments push The email from PEW’s Mike Matz to Podesta, titled “National Monuments check in,” begins by citing a ‘lull’ in the creation of national monuments,…
November 2, 2016 Bears Ears Monument pushed by outside interests, still opposed by Utahans By far most Utahns still don’t want Obama to create such a park in southeastern Utah before he leaves office at the first of…
