Tell Secretary Zinke: Protect Our National Monuments

President Trump did the unthinkable and eviscerated protections for two of our most cherished national monuments, Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

America has never seen such a devastating assault on our treasured public lands. Grand Staircase-Escalante was reduced by nearly half and Bears Ears was sliced into two fragments, reducing the original monument's overall size by an outrageous 85%.

Now, the Trump administration is rushing ahead with disastrous plans that could hand over millions of acres of wildlands and cultural sites to the fossil fuel and mining industries.

Submit an official comment now calling on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to stop his unlawful assault on our national monuments and to immediately halt the illegitimate planning processes for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

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Americans will defend our national monuments

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Dear Secretary Zinke:

I am outraged by President Trump's decision to roll back protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and call on you to immediately halt plans for these illegally redrawn monuments.

President Trump's proclamations stripping protections for these two monuments are unlawful. The president has the authority to create a national monument under the Antiquities Act, but only Congress can revoke or reduce a national monument.

Rushing forward with management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante before the courts rule on the validity of these proclamations is irresponsible.

Millions of Americans have already voiced their concerns over the president's proclamations, and they were ignored. Fast-tracking these dangerous plans in the face of this overwhelming opposition represents a troubling disregard for public input.

I urge you to reverse course on your decision to roll back national monument protections and call on you to halt the planning processes for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante until the legitimacy of these proclamations is fully settled by the courts.

Thank you.

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