/tags/grand-staircase-escalante Grand Staircase-Escalante en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:34:26 GMT /news/2024-10-03/utah-is-still-fighting-bears-ears-court-arguments-show-a-state-desperate-to-take-its-land-back The outcome of the case could determine how much authority a president has to resize national monuments, which could impact Colorado’s Camp Hale and Dolores River. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:34:26 GMT /news/2024-10-03/utah-is-still-fighting-bears-ears-court-arguments-show-a-state-desperate-to-take-its-land-back Tracy Ross, The Colorado Sun /regional-news/2024-09-25/federal-appeals-court-to-hear-arguments-over-utah-monuments The arguments center around a federal law signed in 1906 called the Antiquities Act, which allows presidents to protect areas of federal lands with “critical natural, historical and scientific resources.” Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:08:21 GMT /regional-news/2024-09-25/federal-appeals-court-to-hear-arguments-over-utah-monuments Rachel Cohen /2020-02-10/in-shrinking-monuments-trump-invites-industry-and-threatens-tourism-in-utahs-red-rock-desert Southern Utah’s red rock desert is home to towering canyons and the clear, shallow Escalante River. It’s also home to many ancient petroglyphs. Jonathan... Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT /2020-02-10/in-shrinking-monuments-trump-invites-industry-and-threatens-tourism-in-utahs-red-rock-desert Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /npr-news/2020-02-06/trump-administration-finalizes-plans-to-allow-development-on-downsized-monuments More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality. Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-02-06/trump-administration-finalizes-plans-to-allow-development-on-downsized-monuments Colin Dwyer /2020-02-06/trump-administration-releases-final-plans-for-grand-staircase-bears-ears-national-monuments Updated 2:24 p.m. MST 2/6/2020 In the face of ongoing litigation from tribes and conservation groups, the Trump administration has finalized plans to... Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:35:27 GMT /2020-02-06/trump-administration-releases-final-plans-for-grand-staircase-bears-ears-national-monuments Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi, Kate Groetzinger, David Fuchs /2019-08-23/former-grand-staircase-escalante-lands-opened-to-potential-drilling-mining Public lands that used to be a part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah will lose many of their environmental protections ,... Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:58:16 GMT /2019-08-23/former-grand-staircase-escalante-lands-opened-to-potential-drilling-mining Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /2019-06-04/federal-lands-protections-see-historic-slashes-under-trump-administration-study-finds The Trump administration is responsible for the largest reduction of federally protected land in U.S. history after it shrunk two national monuments in... Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:07:50 GMT /2019-06-04/federal-lands-protections-see-historic-slashes-under-trump-administration-study-finds Nate Hegyi