Lands Between National Monument: A New Stealth Land Grab in Southern Utah

Lands Between National Monument: A New Stealth Land Grab in Southern Utah

At the end of President Obama’s last term in office, he designated 1.3 million acres in southeastern Utah as the Bears Ears National Monument. This was a lame duck land grab that was publicized to the public through a tweet. Now, behind closed doors, the Bureau...
Five Reasons to Oppose the Caldera National Monument-Island Park, Idaho

Five Reasons to Oppose the Caldera National Monument-Island Park, Idaho

Advocacy groups in Idaho are working hard to build public support for a potential designation of Island Park, Idaho area into the Caldera National Monument. This monument would include the Henry’s Fork Caldera and the half of the Island Park Caldera that lies...
Five Reasons to Oppose the Range of Light National Monument

Five Reasons to Oppose the Range of Light National Monument

For the past several years, BlueRibbon Coalition has been sounding the alarm on a potential national monument designation just east of Fresno, California. The Range of Light National Monument is a proposal to lock up 1.4 million acres – basically encompassing...
5 Reasons to Oppose the Chuckwalla National Monument

5 Reasons to Oppose the Chuckwalla National Monument

For several years environmental groups have been calling on Congress or the President of the United States to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument in California. The proposed monument would span anywhere from 600,000-700,000 acres from the Coachella Valley...