Join me to protect the Bears Ears as a national monument

Join me to protect the Bears Ears as a national monument



Please use your authority under the Antiquities Act to protect the Bears Ears in Utah -- 1.9 million acres of public lands south and east of Canyonlands National Park -- as a national monument. Safeguarding the Bears Ears will honor our nation's Native American heritage and protect ancestral homelands that continue to be vital to tribal communities across the Colorado Plateau. The Bears Ears is also home to the union of the Green, Colorado and San Juan Rivers, which provide important wildlife migration corridors and drinking water to 40 million Americans.



This remarkable landscape is threatened by oil and gas drilling, mining and a myriad of other dangers. Your administration has already helped protect cherished western wildlands by imposing a moratorium on coal mining on federal lands earlier this year. You also have established a strong legacy of designating important national monuments throughout your presidency. Please make the Bears Ears a capstone of your administration's commitment to protecting our natural heritage by designating this important cultural and environmental treasure a national monument. Thank you.