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Projects Across Public Lands in Utah Provide Hands-On Opportunities to Protect...

Elizabeth Gunter - June 9, 2025

The SUWA Stewardship Program returns for its 10th season in 2025, offering 26 volunteer projects across Utah’s public lands—apply now for trips ranging from three to five days.

Bears Ears holds great importance to our native people. We should stand with them, support them, respect them as they fight to hold onto their culture.

We must restore Bears Ears National Monument

Ed Kociela - October 1, 2019

Bears Ears holds great importance to our native people. We should stand with them, support them, respect them as they fight to hold onto their culture.

Utah Swamp

Pat Bagley - August 4, 2019

Utah Swamp The viewpoints expressed above are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Independent. How to submit an article, guest...

Bears Ears

Pat Bagley - April 28, 2019

Bears Ears The viewpoints expressed above are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Independent. How to submit an article, guest...

The Independent December 2018 PDF featuring Center for the Arts at...

Josh Segovia - December 7, 2018

Click here to download The Independent December 2018 Digital Issue (.PDF) Click here to download The Independent December 2018 Digital Issue (.PDF) ON THE COVER: Center for...

More than 200,000 public comments asking the BLM to halt its planning process for Bears Ears National Monument have been submitted to the federal agency.

Over 200,000 Bears Ears supporters ask BLM to halt planning

Guest Contributor - November 19, 2018

Over 200,000 Bears Ears supporters ask BLM to halt planning By Alastair Lee Bitsóí More than 200,000 public comments asking the Bureau of Land Management to...

Utah Tribal Leaders Association asks BLM to halt planning for Bears...

Guest Contributor - August 16, 2018

Utah Tribal Leaders Association asks BLM to halt planning for Bears Ears By Alastair Lee Bitsoi Elected officials from the Utah Tribal Leaders Association have passed...

Utah Diné Bikéyah believes that sustainable development is possible in Bears Ears National Monument through heritage tourism.

Heritage tourism in Bears Ears may be a model for sustainable...

Guest Contributor - May 9, 2018

Heritage tourism in Bears Ears may be a model for sustainable development in Utah By Alastair Lee Bitsoi Small business owner Persephonie Black relies on juniper...

U.N.: Bears Ears is a model

Guest Contributor - April 26, 2018

U.N.: Bears Ears is a model By Alastair Lee Bitsoi Ongoing grave robbing and looting of cultural artifacts at Bears Ears National Monument are human rights...

Utah Diné Bikéyah cites creation narratives as further justification for protecting...

Guest Contributor - March 19, 2018

Utah Diné Bikéyah cites creation narratives as further justification for protecting Bears Ears Triassic-Era phytosaur fossil resources By Alastair Lee Bitsóí Mark Maryboy, a board member...

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