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Feds publish "unprecedented" Bears Ears plan

Preferred alternative centers Indigenous knowledge, includes tribal co-management

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Mar 12, 2024
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The Bureau of Land Management and National Forest Service released the draft Bears Ears National Monument management plan last week and I don’t think I exaggerate when I say it is potentially history-making. That’s because the agencies’ preferred alternative “maximizes the consideration and use of Tribal perspectives on managing the landscape” of the na…

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