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Map of the original monument boundaries (March 2017) Bears Ears National Monument and the Dark Canyon Wilderness from ISS, 2023. The monument is co-managed by the BLM and the USFS (the Monticello Unit of the Manti-La Sal National Forest), [12] along with a coalition of five local Native American tribes [13] —Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ...
Utah is appealing a federal judge's decision to toss out the state's latest case over the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
The Bears Ears are bordered on the west by Dark Canyon Wilderness and Beef Basin, on the east by Comb Ridge and on the north by Indian Creek and Canyonlands National Park. Rising 2,000 feet (610 m) above Cedar Mesa to the south, the Bears Ears reach 8,700 feet (2,700 m) in elevation and are named for their resemblance to the ears of a bear ...
These groups successfully lobbied for the restoration of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from President Trump's cuts, as well as Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and Castner Range, among others. The monuments still in this campaign are colored blue below.
The last four miles (6.4 km) of the main canyon drop steeply through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area into Lake Powell. On December 28, 2016 President Barack Obama proclaimed the 1.35 million acre Bears Ears National Monument, that includes both the Dark Canyon Wilderness and the adjacent Dark Canyon Primitive Area.
The eight National Monuments in the state of Utah are: Bears Ears National Monument near San Juan County [2] Cedar Breaks National Monument near Cedar City [1] Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal [1] Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument near Kanab [3] Hovenweep National Monument near Bluff [1] Natural Bridges National Monument near ...
The center of the mesa is located at approximately 37°26'N and 109°55'W, at an elevation of 6,500 feet (2,000 m). The surrounding terrain has a typical elevation of just 4,200 feet (1,300 m) Most of Cedar Mesa is included in the newly declared (2016) Bears Ears National Monument. Arch Canyon, Utah
English: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) map of Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, United States, with an overlay added using GIMP to indicate the reduced boundaries—proclaimed in December 2017—as the two areas shaded green with a green (partially brown) outline for the original boundaries. The northern area is Indian Creek and the ...