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[MarkBC]

"President Obama declares Gold Butte a national monument"

 

Thank you, Mr. President!

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Good news! Bear's Ears, too! Any chance of getting the Owyhee country?

Thank you President Obama!

[Cayuse]

Has made my day!  Bears Ears area is one of my favorite places, such variety.  The final Bears Ears national Monument is about 2/3's the size of the original proposal and excludes some key areas but it's a great start!

 

There is a map in this article.

[Smokecreek1]

Sounds good-more places to visit some day!

 

Smoke

[Dughlas Stiubhart]

Gold Butte and Bears Ears NMs.  Great news!

[craig333]

Any word on which agencies will be managing these new monuments? They're certainly huge. I thought bears ears was a relatively small area not millions of acres. Haven't been following these closely enough it seems.

[Old Crow]

Any word on which agencies will be managing these new monuments? They're certainly huge. I thought bears ears was a relatively small area not millions of acres. Haven't been following these closely enough it seems.

 

This Department of the Interior press release says Bears Ears will be jointly managed by BLM and USFS (in paragraph 12) and Gold Butte will be managed by BLM (paragraph 20).  There are links to maps in there showing boundaries by Surface Management Agency.

[lemary]

First post I add my thanks to President Obama & look forward to exploring these beautiful places.

[kmcintyre]

Keep it going Prez!  Might as well designate some more land in the next few weeks!  Go Prez Go! 

[Tuff Guy 62]

Any word on which agencies will be managing these new monuments? They're certainly huge. I thought bears ears was a relatively small area not millions of acres. Haven't been following these closely enough it seems.

 

 

 

Between the two, it encompasses an area larger than the State of Delaware.