President Biden is expected to sign three proclamations restoring protections stripped by the Trump administration for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, state and federal officials say.
out of a total of 3.25 million acres, all of which had been protected by monument status. Bears Ears was designated by President Barack Obama in 2016, and Grand Staircase-Escalante was designated by the Clinton administration in 1996.
“President Biden’s decision to restore full federal protection to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments shows this administration’s commitment to conserving our public lands and respecting the voices of Indigenous Peoples,” Grijalva said. Utah Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, also confirmed the decision to expand Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monumentson Thursday but sharply criticized the administration for not consulting his office to"end the perpetual enlarging and shrinking of these monuments and bring certainty to their management."
“These decisions clearly demonstrate the administration’s unwillingness to collaborate with and listen to those most impacted by their decisions. We remain hopeful that a long-term solution will be reached in the future and that the exhausting policy instability over Utah’s public land can come to an end," Cox said in a statement.
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