Interior secretary to meet with state leaders, tribes.
(Susan Montoya Bryan | The Associated Press) U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listens to tribal leaders during a round-table discussion at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The visit marked Haaland s first to her home state after being confirmed as head of the federal agency, making her the first Native American to hold a Cabinet position. She was in southern Utah on Wednesday.
| April 8, 2021, 12:43 a.m.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Friday after her foray into San Juan County, where she met privately Wednesday with tribal and state leaders to discuss the future of Bears Ears National Monument.
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SALT LAKE CITY For the third time in five years, a U.S. Department of Interior secretary is visiting Utah amid a debate over two controversial national monument designations that will likely never fully be resolved.
In a release sent late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Interior announced that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland received briefings from federal employees, visited the Bears Ears Education Center in Bluff, San Juan County, met with tribal leaders and was meeting with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and members of Utah s congressional delegation.
On Thursday, she will be joined by tribal leaders in more tours of the Bears Ears region and will meet with stakeholders in San Juan County who include local elected officials, ranchers, conservation organizations, mining companies, paleontologists and archaeologists.
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Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to visit Bears Ears Thursday, Grand Staircase Friday
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Friday after her foray into San Juan County, where she met privately Wednesday with tribal and state leaders to discuss the future of Bears Ears National Monument.
By: The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted at 5:32 AM, Apr 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-08 08:44:25-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Friday after her foray into San Juan County, where she met privately Wednesday with tribal and state leaders to discuss the future of Bears Ears National Monument.
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