HAILEY, Idaho, Jan. 18 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management has released its final Resource Management Plan (RMP) (https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2020347/510) for Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The monument was established at the request of a coalition of five Indigenous groups and is the first monument to be co-managed by tribes and the federal government. The monument was established by Presiden  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * The Antiquities Act allows presidents to establish national monuments in areas that need greater protections for natural, cultural, and historic resources. Presidents of both parties have been using the Act since 1906 to establish some of our most treasured landscapes. Grand Canyon, Katmai, and Zion National Parks, for example, all started out as monuments under the Antiquit  more