At the behest of the oddly named Nature Conservancy, the BLM approved a massive construction project to create more than 7 miles of new roads and 13 new reservoirs within the Indian Creek allotment on the Bear’s Ears National Monument.
The BLM claimed that bulldozing the Monument protected the Monument, including all the objects, including the landscape itself, that they are mandated to protect and restore under the Presidential Proclamation.
I won’t say the BLM has fully plumbed the depths of its corruption, but this is a pretty good example of how deep it is.
Sage Steppe Wild appealed the decision and petitioned for a stay to disallow the bulldozing to start until the case was ruled on.
Three days before the bulldozing was set to go ahead, the court ruled strongly in our favor.
You can find the background and details of the claims in the case here.
For our response to the BLM’s opposition to a stay, you can get it here.
For the court’s order, read it here.
Above and below are some photos of some of the reservoir sites.
Comments
Many thanks to you and SSW for your persistent work in stopping this ruination of Bears’ Ears. You are patriots in the best sense of the word!
Good work! Thanks for all you do here, very important to preserve and restore as much wild land as possible.
Thanks for this post and the work to protect Bears Ears from development. So sorry to see the The Nature Conservancy wanted to add roads and more to the Bears Ears.