Uranium in Bears Ears

Uranium producer Energy Fuels Resources asked the Interior Department to remove uranium deposits and lands near its existing operations from Bears Ears National Monument. The Trump administration complied, but says mineral development had no bearing on its decision to shrink the monument by 85 percent.

Bears Ears National Monument and shrinkage

uranium leases

high uranium potential

points of interest

Source: U.S. Department of Interior, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance