Patagonia and REI are fighting back against President Donald Trump’s move to slash protected lands. The two retailing companies, both specializing in outdoor clothing and equipment, used their websites to spread awareness of the administration’s drastic reduction of protected federal lands in Utah on Monday. Trump said he planned to reduce the size of the 1.3-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and cut Grand Staircase-Escalante’s 1.9 million acres to half its size. “Some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington,” Trump said in Utah on Monday. They’re wrong.”Patagonia presented a black home page after the announcement that said “The President Stole Your Land,” while REI’s website showed a less aggressive “We Love Our Public Lands.” Both companies link to detailed explanations on what they are calling the “largest elimination of protected land in American history.”

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2017 01:18 UTC