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Utahns appear in favor of keeping Bears Ears National Monument at its current size of roughly 1.3 million acres, although a large number of voters arent sure.

A new poll from the Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics shows support among Utah residents for Bears Ears National Monument. Bears Ears was established by President Obama, reduced by President Trump, along with Grand Staircase-Escalante, then re-established by President Biden. Now, Utah is suing over the monument.

A new poll from the Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics shows support among Utah residents for Bears Ears National Monument. Bears Ears was established by President Obama, reduced by President Trump, along with Grand Staircase-Escalante, then re-established by President Biden. Now, Utah is suing over the monument.

Biden is laying the groundwork for a seismic shift in public land management ― one that treats tribes as partners instead of an afterthought.

Biden is laying the groundwork for a seismic shift in public land management ― one that treats tribes as partners instead of an afterthought.

This story originally was published by Southerly. Betty Osceola, an elder of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, lives in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, where a small Texas-based oil developer wants to build seven new wells. Burnett Oil Company slipped in its application Jan. 22, days before President Joe Biden signed an executive order pausing new oil and gas leases on public lands. "I wasn’t surprised," Osceola said through a bitter laugh — she knew it would happen eventually. Big...