December 30, 2016 Trump the Monument: Local outcry grows following Obama Bears Ears declaration Critics believe that one way or another, the monument designation will not be lasting — and whatever environmental legacy Obama wanted to leave will…
December 24, 2016 Big recreation industry joins enviros and Obama to wage war on rural West The seizure of 1.9 million acres is a tricky proposition, and the mostly-white, wealthy environmentalists and big rec corporate heads pushing for a monument in the Bears Ears region needed…
December 23, 2016 Obama poised to sacrifice Utah’s Native peoples to appease enviros, recreation industry Over eight decades later, Jones still remembers the day the federal government killed the sheep. In 1934, as part of former President Franklin Delano…
December 22, 2016 State and local leaders push back against federal Bears Ears land grab The most prominent Navajo opposed to the monument, Benally opened and closed Lee’s gathering in the Capitol’s elegant Gold Room. She called on environmental…
December 20, 2016 Obama Bears Ears takeover would be un-American The protection of our nation’s historic, cultural and natural resources is among the noblest of pursuits. However, turning our backs on the democratic process…
December 15, 2016 Six Western counties take Obama to court over exclusionary BLM planning rule The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Utah, involves Kane County, Big Horn County, Wyo.; Chaves County, New Mexico; Custer County,…
December 14, 2016 A failing legacy: Obama’s Bears Ears monument proposal gets D’s in every category Since Obama took office in 2008, he has set aside more than 550 million acres in two dozen monuments — the most of any…
December 13, 2016 Will Obama impose ‘imperial’ designation on Bears Ears? But there are also some honest disagreements about how exactly the land should be protected. Most Native Americans who live around Bears Ears and use the…
December 7, 2016 Could Utah’s Mike Noel purge BLM of its bureaucratic rot The lands upon which Noel’s constituents live and work have been the target of broad and destructive federal land seizures, including Clinton’s 1.7 million…
December 2, 2016 OPINION: Trade reforms promise big benefits for Utah ranchers, farmers Establishing strong, enforceable rules of trade to protect American exporters from politically motivated, un-scientific trade barriers will ensure that Utah’s agricultural and food companies…
