Stand With Bears Ears

Bears Ears opponents complain about the size of the monument, “one of the biggest land grabs in the history of the United States,” as Chaffetz likes to say. The law is clear, however, that the size of a monument is a function of its preservation goals: If the idea is to preserve thousands of antiquities spread across a couple thousand square miles, you’re going to need to protect a million-plus acres to get the job done. When Teddy Roosevelt set aside 800,000 acres to protect the Grand Canyon, mining interests complained as well—and then lost their case before the Supreme Court.

Bears Ears opponents also claim that this was an undemocratic process. “There is not a single . . . elected official that represents that area that’s in favor of it,” Chaffetz has said. Note the lawyerly wording there—“elected officials.” What about the people who live in the region? When former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other federal officials traveled to southern Utah last summer for a hearing on the proposed monument, proponents—led by a historic coalition of Native American tribes—outnumbered opponents by three to one. According to a statewide poll taken in spring 2016, 71 percent of Utahans supported the Bears Ears proposal.

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