** Haaland to visit Utah in review of national monuments
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Friday, April 2, 2021
Site within the former boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument | Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management ([link removed])
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit Utah next week ([link removed]) to review the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. The trip comes after President Biden ordered the Interior Department to consider whether he should reverse the previous administration's drastic decision to shrink each monument.
While Haaland's itinerary has not yet been made public, local officials and organizations are lining up to ensure their voices are heard. In recent months, county and city governments surrounding Bears Ears National Monument have asked the Biden administration to restore its original boundaries. Additionally, five Native American tribes represented by the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition have asked the administration to not only restore the original boundaries, but protect the landscape encompassed by its original 1.9 million acre proposal.
“We trust the Biden administration will carefully consider the views of our sovereign nations,” said the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition ([link removed]) , “and the broad public support for restoration of the Bears Ears National Monument as well as the views of the San Juan County and Grand County commissions — the two state political bodies closest to the monument.”
Quick hits
** Groups demand removal of top Colorado air regulator, independent investigation of whistleblower complaint
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
** Review finds most scientific research in national park system conducted in just five parks
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National Parks Traveler ([link removed])
** Secretary Haaland reflects on her historic nomination
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CBS News ([link removed])
** Interior Secretary Haaland to visit Utah next week to review national monument boundaries
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Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])
** Photographer chronicles Arizona's sacred Oak Flat threatened by massive copper mine
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Financial Times ([link removed])
** New Mexico pueblos sue over Trump Clean Water Act rollbacks
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Associated Press ([link removed])
** Economists say climate inaction more expensive than addressing the crisis
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Wyoming Public Media ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Climate change will increase inequality and widen the gap between the poorest households and the richest households. I think that's the kind of thing that's likely to play out in a lot of rural communities that might not be able to adapt quite as easily to things like severe weather events.”
—Derek Sylvan ([link removed]) , Institute of Policy Integrity, New York University
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"The Moon was but a Chin of Gold." It almost seems as though Emily Dickinson was inspired by the moonrise at Great Sand Dunes National Park when she wrote that poem. #Colorado ([link removed])
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