Zinke twists truth on tribal support for Bears Ears

With just hours remaining in President Trump’s 60-day public comment period reviewing 21 years of national monument designations, a new analysis of more than 650,000 comments posted to regulations.gov finds overwhelming support for keeping and protecting America’s national monuments.

This week Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is touring Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah, part of the Trump administration’s “review” of national monuments designated since 1996. It is widely expected this review and tour are precursors to eliminating or shrinking the national monument, which was established with support from an unprecedented coalition of Native […]

This week Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and several senior Obama administration officials traveled to Bluff, Utah where they heard from thousands of people about the need to protect the Bears Ears region, a scenic area of southeastern Utah home to an estimated 100,000 archaeological sites that are threatened by looting and vandalism. A coalition of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 14, 2016 In response to the release of the second draft of Rep. Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative, the Center for Western Priorities released the following statement. Jennifer Rokala, Executive Director: “It’s unfortunate that it has taken Congressman Bishop so long to take this process seriously. This draft bill should have […]

After three years of stalling, Rep. Rob Bishop suddenly thinks he can pass a huge and controversial bill with 36 work days left on the House calendar.