These southern Utah sites were once off limits to development. Now, Trump will auction the right to

[SoCalNative]

Source: Washington Post

The Interior Department finalized plans Thursday that will expand drilling, mining and grazing in southern Utah that had once been protected as two separate national monuments, sparking an outcry from tribal groups and conservationists.

The decision comes more than two years after Trump dramatically cut the size of the monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and will likely intensify a legal fight over the contested sites.

The expanses of windswept badlands, narrow slot canyons and towering rock formations are sacred to several Native American nations and prized by scientists and outdoor enthusiasts. Bears Ears contains tens of thousands of cultural artifacts and rare rock art; in the rock layers of Grand Staircase, researchers have unearthed 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossils.

But the lands also harbor significant amounts of oil, gas and coal the administration hopes to develop, as well as grazing land valued by local ranchers.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/06/trump-administration-will-allow-drilling-logging-sensitive-federal-lands-utah/

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These southern Utah sites were once off limits to development. Now, Trump will auction the right to drill and mine there.

[Javaman]

1. mafia tactic.

he probably had a heads up about romney. while this has long been planned by the orange asshole, this announcement today is basically, "you fuck me? I fuck you" He just took a metaphorical shit in romneys living room.

[IronLionZion]

2. Punishing Utah because of Romney

He'll punish all of America if he could

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. He's punished California,

New York, and now Utah.

And the MAGAts in those states will still love him and blame the state's liberals, because Rush and Fox say it's their fault.

[Javaman]

4. give it time, he will. that's what fascist dictators do. nt

[KPN]

7. Bingo!

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Sorry,it is not because of Romney.

If you had followed whom the Players are in the destruction of the Turtle Preserve in Washington County as well as the are in and around Zion, Bryce,Grand Staircase,Bears Ears as well as the Arches. It is and has always been the Real Estate Developers working with the so called Ranchers as well as the Mining interest based out of Denver.

These Real Estate Developers are for the most part,home grown and their major funders are on Temple Square . Have a acquaintance who specialty is setting up solar and backup electrical Generation for off Grid Homes in the mega dollar values in Southern Utah. And he stated four years ago if Trump got elected this was going to happen. And when it comes to Range Land within the National Monuments,one of the loudest Ranchers has been given the decision position as to opening lands to grazing elimination of the wild Horse and Burro herds.

These a fore mentioned groups have direct ties to Willard and his Sons. So Willard in not a real hero,he has and will always be a moneyed opportunist.

[2naSalit]

8. He already is punishing all of America for not

adoring him like his despot buddies force their country folk to do.

[lunasun]

5. Just trying to get through his enemies list anyway he can

[in2herbs]

9. Shortly after he was elected his attempt to totally destroy Bears Ears Monument was met with

backlash. Let's hope the folks in Utah do the same this time.

[ancianita]

10. Asset stripping of, by and for Big Fossil fascist kleptocracy.

To them and their Repub tools, Americans are worth no more than animals and environments to be exploited.

[Mr.Bill]

11. Bring it on, Trump.

Help the Democratic candidate win Utah by ten or twenty points.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. This and the attack on Romney

If anyone could make Utah competitive, it's Trump.

[mr_lebowski]

12. It's not about Romney it's about Obama ... his original hate (nt)

[Kali]

14. yep