Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. It didn’t take long for the first mining ...

All the claims on the 1.2 million acres of newly opened land appear to have been filed by small-scale miners in Utah with an interest in uranium.

Mining claims are piling up on Utah land removed from Bears Ears National Monument after the Trump administration shrank it by about 90 percent. Here's what's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bears Ears National Monument, pictured above, and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument, were reduced by 90% earlier this year.

On December 28, 2016, President Obama issued Proclamation 9558, which established the Bears Ears National Monument (Monument) in the State of Utah; reserved approximately 1.35 million acres of Federal ...

Now that President Trump shrank the monument by 91 percent this summer, Sen. Mike Lee is beginning a process that could ensure no future administration is able to restore similar protections for the ...

As the battle over America’s public lands rages on, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are once again in the line of fire. On Tuesday, June 23, the 10th Circuit Court of ...

Conservation, archaeology and outdoor recreation groups — including Patagonia — are attempting to stop the shrinking of one of Utah's largest national monuments.

Patagonia is once again taking President Trump to court, this time over his move to dramatically cut the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The outdoor gear company teamed up with ...

Alicia Benally demonstrates how to make fire for the Bears Ears Conservation Corps. Tribal communities and leaders have spoken out against the recent reductions made to Utah's national monuments.

It’s been a month since President Donald Trump decimated two of Utah’s biggest national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. The president’s executive order on July 13 removed nearly 3 ...

At Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, President Donald Trump is abandoning legal precedent, misinterpreting the Antiquities Act, and ignoring Native American values, culture, history and tradition.