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| Updated: 3:19 p.m. With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden could return Utah’s two largest national monuments to their original sizes. Instead, he opted to open a 60-day review into how his predecessor shrunk the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by 2 million acres, leaving open a range of options for the new administration. An executive order issued Wednesday instructs the Interior Secretary, a post likely to be filled by Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, to submit findings and recommendations for moving forward on the future of these landscapes that have b...

But the most characteristic of all Pueblo dwellings are their cliff houses. These unique dwellings are perfectly designed to offer both defense from enemies and defense from the elements. With a range of elaborate houses skillfully built into the cliff faces, the Puebloans utilized the very best that this arid region had to offer. The cool surface of the stone and the shade it provided was essential for success in the heat of the summer. One of the great examples of this characteristic Pueblo architecture is located at Mule Canyon in  Utah. The unique architecture of the Ancestral Pueblo peo...

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 Kjolset...

Biden expected to reverse Trump’s order to shrink Utah national monuments Hannah Nordhaus © Photograph by Renan Ozturk, National Geographic Bridger Jack Mesa and the Six Shooter peaks are located in the northern, Indian Creek unit of Bears Ears National Monument. Indian Creek is separated from the southern unit of Bears Ears by a large stretch of country that was removed from the monument by President Donald Trump in 2017. On Dec. 4, 2017, President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented move in a presidency that would prove to be full of them. Standing before Utah’s st...

They [Northern Plains] confound the common view that ordinary people are powerless in the face of industry. - Billings Gazette editorial The venerable Northern Plains Resource Council, a Montana group that has fought coal plant pollution for 40 years and defended ranchers against... More Posted March 22, 2021 High Country News, an award-winning media organization covering the communities and environment of the Western United States, seeks an Office and Facilities Manager to join our business administration team during an exciting chapter of innovation and growth. High Countr...