President Obama created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert on Dec. 28. Bears Ears monument encompasses 1.35 million acres of land in Utah. Native American tribal groups that supported the Bears Ears had the opposite reaction. “We’re going to work hard to defend Bears Ears,” said Ethel Branch, the attorney general. Read more:Environmental and outdoor groups vow to fight national monument reductionsTwo national monuments are no longer up for review, Interior saysBears Ears is a national monument now but it will take a fight to save it

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 18:39 UTC