In maps and documents quietly submitted to the U.S. Department of Interior, the state of Utah has proposed to shrink Bears Ears to a tenth of its current 1.35 million acres, scaling the southeastern Utah monument down to about 120,000 acres of public land surrounding Mule and Arch canyons west of Blanding.
BLM parcels proposed for oil and gas
State of Utah’s Indian Creek Recreation Area proposal
State of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument proposal area
San Juan County’s Bears Ears National Monument proposal
Current Bears Ears National Monument
Bears Ears points of interest
Source: Office of Gov. Gary Herbert