{"id":32391,"date":"2023-03-20T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/?p=32391"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:16:48","slug":"greens-defend-bears-ears-grand-staircase-from-state-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/greens-defend-bears-ears-grand-staircase-from-state-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation groups defend Bears Ears, Grand Staircase from state litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"fl-node-5jbzq7ovwaxi fl-module-fl-post-info dateline--editorial fl-module\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"5jbzq7ovwaxi\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 30px;\"><span class=\"fl-post-info-date\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem; color: #4f5858;\"><b class=\"\">For Immediate Release<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 30px;\"><span class=\"fl-post-info-date\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem; color: #4f5858;\">March 20, 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module_margin--zero fl-module fl-node-tco80ybz2msk fl-module-ej-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"tco80ybz2msk\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 30px;\">\n<h1 class=\"color--black size--regular align--left font--regular ej-heading h1_type--editorial\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 3.375rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: alternate-gothic-no-2-d-n4, alternate-gothic-no-2-d, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif;\">CONTACTS<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module_margin--zero contacts--press fl-node-p1q5el20m9ci fl-module-html fl-module\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"p1q5el20m9ci\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 30px;\">\n<div class=\"fl-html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #089d98; padding: 10px 0px 1px 15px;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.4;\">Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, 202-792-6211,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pwheeler@earthjustice.org\">pwheeler@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.4;\">Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:emolvar@westernwatersheds.org\">emolvar@westernwatersheds.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.4;\">Chris Krupp, WildEarth Guardians, 206-417-6363,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org\">ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.4;\">Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:steve@suwa.org\">steve@suwa.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-html fl-node-y95unt4e70b8\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"y95unt4e70b8\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 30px;\">\n<div class=\"fl-html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<div class=\"align--right ej-button color--blue icon--download button_type--ghost button_size--small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: right; font-family: icomoon !important; color: #0080a3 !important;\"><a class=\"ej-button\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0080a3; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; border-radius: 0px; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; padding: 10px 28px; font-size: 0.8125rem; border: 1px solid #0080a3;\" href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/document\/monuments-decision-on-motion-to-intervene\">LEGAL DOCUMENT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p_display--first-inline fl-module fl-node-flmx62i75nea fl-module-html module_margin_top--zero\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: colfax-web, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"flmx62i75nea\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 30px 20px;\">\n<div class=\"module_margin--zero fl-module fl-node-tco80ybz2msk fl-module-ej-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"tco80ybz2msk\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 30px;\">\n<h1 class=\"color--black size--regular align--left font--regular ej-heading h1_type--editorial\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 3.375rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: alternate-gothic-no-2-d-n4, alternate-gothic-no-2-d, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0px;\">Conservation groups granted intervention to defend Utah national monuments<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module_margin--zero fl-node-b9la6qx524nd display--inline fl-module-html fl-module\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; display: inline !important;\" data-node=\"b9la6qx524nd\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 30px;\">\n<div class=\"fl-html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; display: inline;\">Tribes granted separate motion to intervene in December<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-ej-heading fl-node-vzy6up3isj0q\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\" data-node=\"vzy6up3isj0q\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 30px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span class=\"dateline--press\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 26px; text-transform: uppercase;\">SALT LAKE CITY, UT<\/span>\u00a0\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6; display: inline;\">A Utah federal judge has\u00a0<a class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0080a3;\" href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/document\/monuments-decision-on-motion-to-intervene\">granted a motion to intervene<\/a>\u00a0filed by conservation groups in defense of the Biden administration\u2019s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. In 2022, the state of Utah sued in District Court over President Biden\u2019s decision to reinstate the monument boundaries after Trump shrunk them without lawful authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">In December the Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes were\u00a0<a class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0080a3;\" href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/bears-ears-update\/\">granted a separate motion to intervene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Conservation groups issued the following statements in response to today\u2019s news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cWe are pleased that we will be able to join the legal proceedings in defense of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments,\u201d\u00a0<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">said Heidi McIntosh, managing attorney for Earthjustice\u2019s Rocky Mountain Office.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cUtah\u2019s misguided lawsuit seeks to destroy the Antiquities Act with a flawed argument that presidents may only designate relatively small monuments that would be inadequate to protect many of the breathtaking features worthy of designation. Courts, including the Supreme Court, have consistently upheld the president\u2019s authority to determine whether and how much area to protect, affirming the president\u2019s ability to protect magnificent sites like the Grand Canyon, which was originally designated a national monument. We will use every legal tool available to defend the Antiquities Act and preserve our natural and cultural heritage for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cGrand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments are two of the crown jewels of America\u2019s system of federal public lands,\u201d\u00a0<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">said Stephen Bloch, legal director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance<\/strong>. \u201cThe irreplaceable geologic, cultural, and biological wonders of these national monuments should be preserved for current and future generations to study and appreciate. We\u2019re grateful we now have a seat at the table to work and make sure that\u2019s the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cAnti-conservation state and local governments are once again attacking these national monuments in southern Utah, relying heavily on arguments already rejected by the courts in the Grand Staircase ruling two decades ago,\u201d\u00a0<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">said Erik Molvar, Executive Director with Western Watersheds Project<\/strong>. \u201cThe Biden administration is doing the right thing by fighting these attacks on these public land crown jewels, and we are eager to join them, and Indigenous groups, in rallying to the defense of these lands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cWe are pleased the court is permitting us to continue the fight to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante on behalf of our members and supporters,\u201d\u00a0<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">said Chris Krupp of WildEarth Guardians<\/strong>. \u201cThe public wants these incredible places protected, for good reason. Utah, unfortunately, wants these places exploited for corporate profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the court\u2019s ruling,\u201d<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u00a0said Tim Peterson, cultural landscapes director for the Grand Canyon Trust.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cUtah\u2019s ploy to strip presidents\u2019 authority to protect national monuments under the Antiquities Act goes against the wishes of westerners \u2212 84% of us favor the creation of new protected areas, according to this year\u2019s State of the Rockies poll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cWe applaud the ruling enabling us to join in the legal defense of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments,\u201d\u00a0<strong class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">said Sara Husby, executive director of Great Old Broads for Wilderness<\/strong>. \u201cThe ill-conceived lawsuit by the State of Utah against the restoration of these national monuments to their original size represents a direct attack on the Antiquities Act. This ruling ensures that the voices of concerned citizens will continue to be heard in the fight to protect America\u2019s public lands and wilderness both now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Earthjustice represents The Wilderness Society, Grand Canyon Trust, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, National Parks Conservation Association, and Great Old Broads for Wilderness in the intervention. They are co-counseling with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, who were each granted intervention as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">###<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">Erik Molvar<br class=\"\" \/>Executive Director<br class=\"\" \/>Western Watersheds Project<br class=\"\" \/>319 South 6th Street<br class=\"\" \/>Laramie WY 82070<br class=\"\" \/>(307) 399-7910<br class=\"\" \/>. . .<br class=\"\" \/>P.O. Box 1770<br class=\"\" \/>Hailey, ID 83333<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">Pronouns he\/his<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nFor Immediate Release March 20, 2023 CONTACTS Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, 202-792-6211,\u00a0pwheeler@earthjustice.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910,\u00a0emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Chris Krupp, WildEarth Guardians, 206-417-6363,\u00a0ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org Stephen Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-428-3981,\u00a0steve@suwa.org LEGAL DOCUMENT Conservation groups granted intervention to defend Utah national monuments&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/greens-defend-bears-ears-grand-staircase-from-state-litigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Conservation groups defend Bears Ears, Grand Staircase from state litigation&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":32405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[836,837],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esc-org","category-press-release","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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