Colorado lawmakers work to protect Dolores River Canyon by end of year Republicans oppose Biden designating area a national monument December 6, 2024
The Hermit Monk of New Mexico’s Organ Mountains This group poses atop the summit of Hermits Peak near Las Vegas, N.M., in 1898. Across the Southwest and South… December 10, 2023
Chimney Rock to close for lunar viewing events Juan National Forest concerned about large crowds and public safety July 13, 2023
Unearthing the mysteries of Animas City Cemetery Advocates say fencing, controlled access needed to protect historic site June 18, 2023
Ute Indian Tribe criticizes Biden monument on ancestral land Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute were on board with the plan October 17, 2022
Joe Biden to designate Camp Hale a national monument during trip to Colorado next week near Leadville was meant to be protected under the long-stalled CORE Act October 6, 2022
Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments downsized by Trump in 2017 October 7, 2021
BLM speeds ahead on Grand Staircase-Escalante plans agency won’t wait for the courts to rule on monument boundaries to start planning March 1, 2018
Local News Utah’s Hatch to retire, opening door to Romney played a role in scaling back national monuments January 2, 2018
Tribal coalition, environmentalists filing suits over monuments file lawsuits, claiming presidential overreach December 5, 2017
Documents: Bears Ears divided into two smaller monuments Critics worry revamped plans would hurt cultural sites November 30, 2017
Local News Trump says he will shrink Bears Ears in Utah, Grand Staircase faces reduction in size October 28, 2017
Local News Stonemasons go old-school to repair Colorado monument walls erched on a ledge above Monument Canyon, stonemason Scott Banjac, of Fruita, applies mortar between the red sandstone rocks along… September 20, 2017
Local News Monuments report challenges limits of protections Antiquities Act, landscapes like Grand Canyon count as ‘objects’ that can be protected September 20, 2017
Local News Zinke urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West memo prompts outcry from environmentalists September 18, 2017
How budget cuts, a divided staff and politics hamstrung Escalante budget cuts, a divided staff and state politics hamstrung Utah’s biggest monument August 1, 2017
Zinke coming to New Mexico in tightly controlled visit Zinkedu1-i-syn But Zinke is limiting his availability to reporters and avoiding a Las Cruces, New Mexico, town hall meeting with… July 27, 2017
Interior secretary suggests reducing Bears Ears National Monument Mountain Ute member of monument coalition ‘appalled’ June 12, 2017
Friends, foes of monument jockey for Zinke’s ear Bruce Adams, chairman of the San Juan County Commission, makes it clear where he stands on the recently designated Bears… May 9, 2017
Land transfer advocates focus on monuments Movement moves to rescind monuments and weaken the Antiquities Act April 20, 2017
In Cortez, locals love or hate Bears Ears Monument will be protected, but federal overreach is a concern March 6, 2017
Was the Bears Ears designation a victory? Despite compromise, the controversial monument’s opposition is riled up February 1, 2017
Tribes celebrate designation of Bears Ears Monument 400 attend event in Monument Valley January 12, 2017
Here’s where Obama drew the line on Bears Ears Monument Concessions on Bears Ears Monument are unlikely to appease ardent opponents January 5, 2017
