Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with tribal and Utah state leaders Wednesday in San Juan County to talk about Bears Ears National Monument. She’s visiting southern Utah to meet with stakeholders before issuing a recommendation on the monuments’ fate.

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday directing federal agencies to review a long list of changes former President Donald Trump made to environmental regulations and the management of public lands, as well as his reduction of national monuments.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to restore Bears Ears National Monument as soon as he’s inaugurated. That would make Native American tribes in Utah happy, but the monument would not be permanently protected.

Rep. Chris Stewart reintroduced a bill that would create Utah’s sixth national park, as well as codify the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument boundaries.

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners is looking for help from the public to be part of a photo monitoring project in the area. Photos taken at the same angle over time show the changes the landscape is going through.

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