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The area between Bears Ears and Hovenweep national monuments is rich in archaeological sites, according to retired Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Don Simonis.
A conservation group in Utah s San Juan County is suing the Bureau of Land Management over tens of thousands of acres of public land it leased to oil and gas developers in 2018.
The land lies between Bears Ears and Hovenweep national monuments. The lawsuit claims drilling there could cause irreparable damage to cultural sites.
Don Simonis is an archaeologist who worked for the Bureau of Land Management in San Juan County for almost a decade, before retiring in 2017.
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