How I changed my mind about Bears Ears...

... and learned to love (some) national monuments

Jun 9, 2021

∙ Paid

Sometime in the coming days or weeks, President Joe Biden is expected to wield the authority granted to him by the Antiquities Act—which turned 115 yesterday—to restore or even enlarge the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the wake of his predecessor’s shrinking of the same.

I’m not going to tr…

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