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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
3. "Read Trump's proclamation replacing Bears Ears with two far smaller monuments," Salt Lake Tribune, December 4, 2017.
4. Brain Maffly, "Trump's monument reduction could be reversed under Biden," Associated Press, November 15, 2020.