The Energy 202: The campaign heats up for Biden to pick a Native American for his Cabinet Dino Grandoni
with Alexandra Ellerbeck Calls for Joe Biden to pick a Native American to run the Department of the Interior are growing louder in the days before the president-elect is expected to announce his environmental team. An increasing number of liberal members of Congress, climate activists, Hollywood celebrities and tribal groups are coalescing in support of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, to become the first descendant of North America’s original people to be the next interior secretary. Another person being considered for the position, former deputy secretary Michael L. Connor, is also an enrolled member of New Mexico’s Taos Pueblo.
Lost and hungry scouts: A Mormon Christmas story
Durango, Colorado Currently Sat Lost and hungry scouts: A Mormon Christmas story
During the Christmas season of 1879, four Mormon scouts navigated the treacherous canyons of Utah to establish Bluff
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 11:03 AM Looking southeast from the top of Cedar Mesa, Comb Ridge stretches off to the south as a formidable barrier to the Hole-in-the-Rock Expedition, which had to cross the sandstone ridge to start a village settlement at Bluff, Utah. Courtesy of Andrew Gulliford On a cold winter day, Mule Canyon looks like a formidable adversary to any kind of travel by horse or wagon. Settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints had to find a way through these Cedar Mesa canyons to arrive at the San Juan River.
Snow is falling on the Bears Ears
By: FOX 13 News
and last updated 2020-12-11 12:06:18-05
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Utah â Snow is falling on the Bears Ears.
According to a post on the US Forest Service-Manti-La Sal National Forestâs Facebook page, 4-5 inches of snow fell on Elk Ridge and the Bears Ears National Monument Thursday.
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez along with several tribal officials in Utah want President-elect Joe Biden to reestablish the monument’s nearly 2-million-acre original size after he takes office next month.
“After years of litigation, the Department of Justice looks forward to the Navajo Nation having the opportunity to work with the other tribal parties and the Biden-Harris Administration in a collaboration of sovereigns to permanently restore protections to the lands and sites in Bears Ears, which have great significance to our culture, history, and way of life,” says Navajo Nation Attorney General Doreen McPaul.
During the 2020 campaign, Biden signaled he may use the Antiquities Act to restore Bears Ears and the nearby Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which was shrunk by half. The former vice president has also suggested even more conservation designations in the West could be on their way.