Bears Ears National Monument

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The orders Biden signed on Friday, alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments in Utah to their original boundaries and will restore protections to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine Monument off the coast of New England. Biden joked that making the changes "might be the easiest thing I've ever done so far as president."

Biden signs orders restoring boundaries of Bears Ears, other monuments shrunk by Trump

President Joe Biden announced Friday he is restoring the original boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments.

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As a conservative kinda guy, I sorta like this move. I don't like Biden at all, but can somebody tell me why this is a bad or stupid thing? I don't think I like the idea of opening up those areas for grazing and mining. Which his actions protect against, right?

 

[Otis Mayfield]

I think it's a good thing.

We're quickly running out of open space. Parks are one way of keeping open space open.

 

[Lesh]

One more reason to like Biden