Bears Ears National Monument: Moki Dugway

Starting Down the Moki Dugway
Bears Ears National Monument. Utah. May 12, 2016.
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BLM: Bears Ears National Monument Map (as of June 2017) - PDF

https://sites.google.com/site/aaronflitt/documents/national-monuments-at-risk/BLM%20Utah%20BearsEarsNationalMonumentMap%20-%202017-06.pdf

To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):

https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=DOI-2017-0002-0001

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has extended the comment public comment period for Bears Ears to July 10, 2017, the same as the rest of the monuments currently under review.

Links

Rubble:

Bears Ears National Monument: A Quick Tour of a Monument at Risk
http://rubble.blogspot.com/2017/06/bears-ears-nm-quick-tour.html

Bears Ears National Monument: Video and Links Collection

http://rubble.blogspot.com/2017/04/bears-ears-nm-video-collection.html

Bears Ears National Monument: Valley of the Gods

http://rubble.blogspot.com/2017/06/bears-ears-nm-valley-of-the-gods.html

Bears Ears National Monument: Jacobs Chair

http://rubble.blogspot.com/2017/06/bears-ears-nm-jacobs-chair.html

Bears Ears National Monument: Butler Wash

http://rubble.blogspot.com/2017/06/bears-ears-national-monument-butler-wash.html 

Utah.com: 

Bears Ears National Monument

https://utah.com/bears-ears-national-monument

Valley of the Gods

https://utah.com/monument-valley/valley-of-the-gods

AmericanSouthwest.net: Valley of the Gods

http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/mexican_hat/valley_of_the_gods.html

BLM: 

Website: 

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/utah/bears-ears-national-monument

BLM Utah on flikr: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmutah

BLM on flikr: 

https://flic.kr/s/aHskNHMMoC

Fast Facts and Q and A (PDF)

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/BE%20QA%20Fast%20Facts_1.pdf

Grand Gulch Map:

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/BLMUtahGrandGulchMap.pdf

Bear Ears National Monument Map (PDF - Very detailed - the best one I've found):

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/BLMUtahBearsEarsNationalMonumentMap.pdf

Monument Recreation Map (PDF)

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/UT_BearsEars_NM.pdf

Monument Boundary Comparison Map (PDF)

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/BENM_BoundaryComparisonMap_3.28.2017.pdf

USFS: 

Website: https://www.fs.fed.us/visit/bears-ears-national-monument

Map: https://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/bears-ears-map.pdf

Wikipedia: 

Bears Ears NM: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bears_Ears_National_Monument

Valley of the Gods: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Gods

Department of the Interior:

Department of the Interior Press release on Bears Ears Monument Review (June 13, 2017)

https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOI-2017-0002-153322

Presidential Proclamation -- Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument:

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/28/proclamation-establishment-bears-ears-national-monument

Public Lands Initiative:

Website:

https://www.utahpli.com

FAQ

https://robbishop.house.gov/uploadedfiles/pli_faq.pdf

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition:

http://bearsearscoalition.org/

Friends of Cedar Mesa:

https://www.friendsofcedarmesa.org

Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/638489632942692/bears-ears-national-monument/

The Atlantic: 

Will Bears Ears Remain a National Monument?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/bears-ears-review-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke/529590

Utah residents to Ryan Zinke: Hands off Bears Ears! (New analysis of submitted comments finds overwhelming in-state support for national monuments)

https://medium.com/westwise/utah-residents-to-ryan-zinke-hands-off-bears-ears-e2684046a3b4

Salt Lake Tribune: 

Sources: Zinke to urge diminishing size of Bears Ears National Monument (June 12, 2017)

http://www.sltrib.com/news/5393496-155/sources-zinke-to-urge-diminishing-size

Bagley Cartoon: Bears Ears Bits (June 12, 2017)
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5394825-155/bagley-cartoon-bears-ears-bits

'We want it to be protected': Looming Bears Ears decision weighs on Native Americans' minds

Published June 10, 2017

Navajo elder says Utah leaders ‘never supported’ preserving sacred American Indian sites (June 9, 2017)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/5385484-155/navajo-elder-says-utah-leaders-never

Op-ed: State politicians may not support our newest monument but real Utahns do (June 9, 2017)

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5359199-155/op-ed-state-politicians-may-not-support

Theodore Roosevelt IV: Bear Ears: A story of what passes and what endures (June 5, 2017)

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5368689-155/theodore-roosevelt-iv-bear-ears-a

BLM yanks oil and gas leases proposed near Zion after complaints from residents (June 2, 2017)

http://www.sltrib.com/home/5352062-155/blm-yanks-oil-and-gas-leases

Some urge more public input as Bears Ears’ fate looms
Published May 15, 2017

I gave Utah a voice, Zinke says as he departs from national-monument trip
Published May 14, 2017

After hearing from Utahns, Zinke confident he can resolve conflict over Bears Ears National Monument
Published May 11, 2017

Zinke flies over Bears Ears as critics urge him to ‘Make San Juan County Great Again’ and rescind monument
Published May 10, 2017

Jewell defends Bears Ears monument process (April 26, 2017)

http://www.sltrib.com/news/5216776-155/jewell-defends-bears-ears-monument-process

Deseret News: 

BLM, Forest Service plotting next steps for Bears Ears

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671498/BLM-Forest-Service-plotting-next-steps-for-Bears-Ears.html

San Juan Record:

Secretary Zinke recommends reduced size of Bears Ears National Monument (June 13, 2017)

http://www.sjrnews.com/view/full_story/27432555/article-Secretary-Zinke-recommends-reduced-size-of-Bears-Ears-National-Monument

Sec. Zinke to make Bears Ears recommendation (June 6, 2017)

http://sjrnews.com/view/full_story/27428843/article-Sec--Zinke-to-make-Bears-Ears-recommendation

Bears Ears National Monument designation disastrous for Utah grassroots Navajos (April 12, 2016)
http://sjrnews.com/view/full_story/27152945/article-Bears-Ears-National-Monument-designation-disastrous-for-Utah-grassroots-Navajos

NPR:

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Reviews Bears Ears National Monument (June 9, 2017)
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/09/532289014/interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-reviews-bears-ears-national-monument

With National Monuments Under Review, Bears Ears Is Focus Of Fierce Debate (May 5, 2017)
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/526860725/with-national-monuments-under-review-bears-ears-is-focus-of-fierce-debate

Utah’s Bears Ears monument is a rock star for night skies – and mineral resources

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article142682279.html#storylink=cpy

The Wilderness Society:

Photo gallery: Utah's Bears Ears region is a natural & cultural treasure

http://wilderness.org/photo-gallery-utahs-bears-ears-region-natural-cultural-treasure

Unprecedented outpouring of support for Bears Ears shown during official comment period

https://wilderness.org/press-release/unprecedented-outpouring-support-bears-ears-shown-during-official-comment-period

National Monuments in Danger:

CLICK HERE for posts about the monuments being "reviewed" by the Trump Administration

To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):

https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=DOI-2017-0002-0001

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has extended the comment public comment period for Bears Ears to July 10, 2017, the same as the rest of the monuments currently under review.