The Bears Ears National Monument is seen in the distance. Photo courtesy of San Juan County, Utah.
President Obama yesterday designated Bears Ears, a set of buttes located in southern Utah, a national monument.
Charles Wilkinson, a distinguished professor at , has worked with the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition to advance conservation efforts. He was one of the main architects behind an October 2015 coalition proposal to Obama for the creation of the Bears Ears National Monument. Wilkinson can discuss the history embedded in the Bears Ears landscape, the formation of the Inter-Tribal Coalition鈥檚 proposal, Obama鈥檚 use of the Antiquities Act for the national monument designation and more.
Wilkinson听also听was special counsel听to Secretary Bruce听Babbitt for the drafting of the Grand Staircase Escalante听Nation Monument proclamation in 1996. He is听the Moses Lasky Professor of Law, a faculty member of the American Indian Law Program and a namesake of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment. For Wilkinson's cell phone number, reporters should contact Elizabeth Lock at 303-492-3117 or elizabeth.lock@colorado.edu.
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