Interior leader Sally Jewell hears from public on monument proposal
From CNS News
BLUFF, Utah (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard emotional statements Saturday from both sides of a divisive proposal to create a national monument at a sacred Native American site.
Jewell’s 3 ½-hour meeting in the town of Bluff capped off a four-day research trip to the state as a coalition of tribes urges President Barack Obama to turn 1.9 million acres around the twin Bears Ears buttes into a national monument.
The tribes and environmental groups say the area needs strong protections from threats of looting and damage from off-highway vehicles… read more here
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