The Bureau of Land Management posted to the federal register the management plan for the Utah monument, which was created by former Democratic President Barack Obama in 2016 to protect Native American cultural and archaeological sites but reduced in size by 85% by Republican President Donald Trump in
- The Trump administration on Friday released a plan for the newly reduced Bears Ears National Monument that it says would protect the Utah site's cultural resources, but some Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups said the plan would leave sacred sites vulnerable to destruction.While U.S.
Conservation groups and some Democratic lawmakers were quick to denounce the Trump administration plan, saying that it would leave the sacred sites and cultural resources that were protected in the original monument designation more vulnerable to destruction by opting for limited restrictions on offroad-vehicle use, while allowing rights of way for roads, cell phone towers and roads though sensitive areas.
Earthjustice, an environmental group that is embroiled in a legal battle with the administration to restore the original Bears Ears National Monument boundaries, said the plan"fails to map out strong protections for priceless culture sites," citing how the plan allows the practice of"chaining" - clearing forest with chain pulled between tractors for wildfire protection and grazing.
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