Shrinking Bears Ears National Monument: Inside the Interior Department Decision
The New York Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request for copies of documents related to the decision by the Trump administration's Department of Interior to shrink two National Monuments, a special category of federal lands intended to protect them from development. The Times received 25,000 pages of documents, but only after it filed a lawsuit in federal court. Here are a few of the key ones.
Objections from Utah Delegation Even Before Bears Ears Created
Utah State Board of Education Objected Too, Citing Mineral Rights
Indian Tribe Supported Creating Bears Ears
An Early Look by Trump Era Interior: Metals and Fossil Fuels at Bears Ears
Interior Notices Patagonia/Google videos re Bears Ears
Intervention by Sen Orrin Hatch's Office
Hatch's Office: This New Boundry Would Exclude "All Known Minerals Conflicts"
One of Many Efforts by Outdoor Industry to Intervene
Minerals Review at Bears Ears, Examined Again
Indian Tribes Call for Bears Ears to be Left as Is
Hunting Group Intervenes Too, With Photos of Kills
Interior Department Official Criticizes Indian Tribes
Formal Review of National Monuments Begins
Zinke Travels to Utah, Discusses Concerns with State Officials
Zinke Schedule to Visit Bears Ears
More Questions about Mines and Impact of National Monuments
Staff Report on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Coal Potential at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Staff Report on Bears Ears
Current and Former National Park Service Employees Voice Their Opinion p.138
White House Decides to Keep Interior Memo Justifying Move to Shrink Monuments Private
"To be remembered" National Wildlife Federation
Natural Gas Production at Canyons of the Ancients
FYI to Interior Bosses: Outside Magazine on National Monuments Debate
Energy Fuels Resources Meeting Details
Indian Tribes Repeat Support for Maintaining Monument
Motorcyclists Welcome Access to More Federal Lands
Below: Zinke's private dinner with sports hunter organization's head, after hunting with Donald Trump, Jr. in Utah.
Donald Trump Jr. and his Utah hunter buddy, all part of the shrinking of Bears Ears for the exploiters.