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- 1Prospectors move in after Trump opens Bears Ears land▼After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in
Following the Trump administration's decision to open Bears Ears National Monument land in Utah to business activity, prospectors have moved in to stake claims in the area. Reporting by Grist highlights how the reduced protections have attracted mining and extraction interests to terrain previously safeguarded as a national monument, raising concerns among conservationists and Indigenous groups.
- 2Prospectors file uranium claims across Bears Ears after Trump opened land●After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in https:// grist.org/politics/trump-bears -ears-min
Following the Trump administration's opening of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah to commercial activity, prospectors have moved quickly to stake mining claims. Reporting by Grist indicates that claims covering the 1.2 million acres once protected as a monument have been filed by small-scale Utah miners, most of them interested in uranium, raising concerns about the future of the culturally and ecologically sensitive landscape.
- 3Trump administration weakens Endangered Species Act protections▼President Trump guts the Endangered Species Act: Also, more mining claims filed in Bears Ears National Monument — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)
The Trump administration has moved to substantially weaken the Endangered Species Act, a law that has protected threatened wildlife in the United States for five decades. Environmental journalist Jonathan P. Thompson reports the change comes alongside a rise in mining claims filed in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, raising concerns among conservationists about habitat loss for endangered species on multiple fronts.