Bears Ears land exchange and lawsuit advance

Swap will make the monument whole, but is not so good for Bluff

Jun 27, 2023

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The Bears Ears buttes and Elk Ridge as seen from the Great Sage Plain near Hovenweep National Monument. (Plus a windmill and some horses). Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Bears Ears National Monument — designated in 2016, eviscerated in 2017, restored in 2021 — continues to make news as Congress considers a proposed land exchange aimed at making the nationa…

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