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  • National monuments harm the economy, Utah public lands official tells Congress

    06/03/2017 1:21:18 AM PDT · by blueplum · 17 replies
    Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 02 June 2017 11:31pm | Thomas Burr
    "Any perceived benefits from the designation of huge landscape monuments need to be weighed against the impacts suffered by those who have traditionally used the lands," Kathleen Clarke, the former Bureau of Land Management director and now head of the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, told a House Natural Resources subcommittee. "Landscapes don't disappear, but jobs and artifacts do." {snip} The testimony comes as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, as ordered by President Donald Trump, is reviewing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase designations and other national monuments named in the past 21 years. Zinke must report back recommendations by...