Big win for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante

Judge tosses Utah's lawsuit seeking to eviscerate the national monuments

Valley of the Gods in Bears Ears National Monument. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Sacred lands, public lands, tribal nations, and the Antiquities Act all scored a huge victory last week when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to rescind President Biden’s 2021 restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. District Jud…