Dear Friend,
Under the Trump administration, nearly 2 million acres were carved from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments for mining and industrial development.
Now President Biden has the opportunity to restore protections to these two national treasures.[1]
Call on President Biden to take swift and early action to restore Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
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Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante are two of our most breathtaking national monuments. They are notable for their red-rock formations and canyons. Seventy-five million-year-old dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in the rock layers of Grand Staircase-Escalante.[2]
These special places are also home to federally endangered and threatened species. More than 200 species of birds are found in Grand Staircase-Escalante, including endangered California condors and threatened bald eagles. Bears Ears is habitat to threatened Mexican spotted owls.[3]
In order to protect these stunning landscapes and the wildlife they support, we need President Biden to restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante to their original boundaries.
Add your name in support of restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
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President Biden and Vice President Harris have signaled their support for these national monuments, but it's on us to encourage the new administration to take swift action.[4]
Your voice is important, Friend. Help Environment Colorado demonstrate broad and strong support for public lands.
Stand up for public lands today.
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Thank you for all you do,
Hannah Collazo
State Director
1. Brain Maffly, "Trump's monument reduction could be reversed under Biden," Associated Press, November 15, 2020.
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2. Sarah Kaplan and Juliet Eilperin, "These southern Utah sites were once off-limits to development. Now, Trump will auction the right to drill and graze there," The Washington Post, February 6, 2020.
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3. "Read Trump's proclamation replacing Bears Ears with two far smaller monuments," Salt Lake Tribune, December 4, 2017.
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4. Brain Maffly, "Trump's monument reduction could be reversed under Biden," Associated Press, November 15, 2020.
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