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Salt Lake City, UT-- On Tuesday, March 20, the Bureau of Land Management will hold an online oil and gas lease auction that will offer parcels adjacent to Utah’s Bears Ears, Hovenweep, and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments. And in the coming week, the BLM will be holding public meetings to receive scoping comments on the land use planning for Bears Ears National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante region as defined by President Trump’s illegal proclamations.
In response, tribal members and community groups will be speaking out in opposition to the inappropriate parcels slated for sale for oil and gas development and hard rock mining. The press conference will also address the reckless act by the BLM to rush to act and move forward with land use planning for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments under Trump’s illegal proclamations while litigation persists.
When: March 20, 2018, 12 - 1 pm
Where: Utah Bureau of Land Management State Office - 440 W 200 S #500
Speakers:
Mark Maryboy, Utah Diné Bikéyah Board Member
Michael Brune, Executive Director Sierra Club
Len Necefer Ph.D, Founder and Owner of Natives Outdoors
Malcolm Lehigh, Utah Diné Bikéyah Board Member
Speaker Availability: After the event, there will be an opportunity for media interviews with speakers and additional staff from represented organizations.
To learn more about the press conference, please visit the Facebook event where it will be live-streamed.
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3 million members and supporters. In addition to helping people from all backgrounds explore nature and our outdoor heritage, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.