Trump administration takes next step in sham process to shrink and destroy Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
(WorldNews Environment)

Today, an assortment of local and national groups, globally-respected scientist organizations, denounced the Department of the Interior`s (DOI) release of draft management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments as another step toward shrinking and destroying both. Despite unresolved legal challenges and to hold off on further planning, Secretary Zinke has pushed Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to hastily craft management plans--spending nearly 2 million taxpayer dollars so far--that do not reflect the original boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, or the public`s desire for these treasured places to be protected...