In early December, the administration released further details that would sharply cut back several monuments, most particularly the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in Utah. Below, we have updated our breakdown of the status of affected monuments in the American West.Continue readingTracking Proposed National Monument Reductions in the West
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California’s ambitious energy goals may lead the state toward an economy far less reliant on carbon-based fuels than ever before. But how quickly?Continue readingDecarbonizing California’s Energy Diet
The nationwide decline of coal is testing the resilience of the Powder River Basin. Residents used to a thriving economy, a top-notch education system, and an excess of job opportunities are learning to live with less. Continue readingBeyond the Coal Boom: Powder River Basin Residents Look to a Diversified Future
Through a newly launched blog at Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West, former New York Times environmental correspondent Felicity Barringer explores people’s connections to western water, landscapes and other resources. Continue readingThe State of the West: Q&A With Environmental Reporter Felicity Barringer
The Butler petroglyph panel in what would be Bears Ears National Monument. Vandalism and theft at archeological sites have been an ongoing problem. Tim Peterson By Winston Hurst Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Winston Hurst is a archaeologist based in Blanding, Utah who has frequently published scholarly works on the artifacts of the prehistory of the…Continue readingNot On Board With the Bears Ears Crusade
Tim Peterson By Joe Lyman Joe Lyman is a member of the Blanding, Utah town council, and the great-grandson of one of settlers who came in 1879. Massive tracts of land being declared National Monuments violates the very Antiquities Act used to enact them as they are to be “confined to the smallest area compatible…Continue readingWhy Oppose the Bears Ears National Monument?
The Bears Ears region, home to some of our nation’s earliest antiquities, can open the eyes of people who want to learn about a past that is older than what is usually taught, and if protected, can help create a more informed national citizenry.Continue readingNative Experience Can Help Inform the American Citizenry
Photo courtesy Anna Elza Brady By Anna Elza Brady Gavin Noyes Anna Elza Brady is the Policy & Communications Strategist for Utah Diné Bikéyah, a Native-led nonprofit organization that has been working to protect Bears Ears since 2010. In the wake of this week’s deeply fractured general election, millions of Americans are grasping to figure…Continue readingAn Unprecedented Coalition of Five Sovereign Tribal Nations