Downsizing of sacred Native American lands to be reviewed by Biden administration
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
FILE - In this May 8, 2017, file photo, is Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. President Joe Biden said Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, he plans to review the Trump administration s downsizing of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in southern Utah. Bears Ears National Monument is on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)AP
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By Brady McCombs and Patrick Whittle | The Associated Press
January 20, 2021
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President Biden will review former President Donald Trump’s downsizing of naitonal monuments in the southwest including Bears’ Ears considered sacred to Native Americans. (Supplied Photo)
By Brady McCombs And Patrick Whittle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY- President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.
The new Democratic president also plans to ask the Department of the Interior to reassess a rule change that allowed commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. The move was heralded by fishing groups and decried by environmentalists.
Jan 20, 2021
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, cyclists race along the scenic Byway 12 above the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument during the Tour Of Utah bike race. President Joe Biden said Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, he plans to review the Trump administration s downsizing of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in southern Utah. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
By BRADY McCOMBS and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest.