Bears Ears land exchange and lawsuit advance

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

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…