The Road to 30: Tribal Land Management

Aaron and Kate are joined by Davina Smith, who represents the Navajo Nation on the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, and Lauren Henson, who is the Collaborative Management and Tribal Support Specialist for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, to talk about the Bears Ears draft monument management plan, which came out in March. We talk about […]

DENVER—The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping set of rules today that includes provisions aimed at easing the process of transferring national public lands and expediting the process of passing legislation requiring the Department of Energy to plan for more leasing of public lands to oil and gas companies in order to release oil […]

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 […]

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.

Faced with overwhelming proof that archaeological sites in Utah’s Bears Ears region are being raided and destroyed by looters, vandals, and grave robbers, people opposed to protecting the area’s cultural heritage have a new explanation: badgers.