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Posted On: July 20th 2026, 05:29 pm
If you're wondering about why everybody (myself included) is freaking out about the recent news around #BearsEars and #GrandStaircaseEscalate National Monuments, here's why. In 2017, during the first version of this nightmare administration, they tried to reduce or remove protections around 27 of our National Monuments so they could be sold off to big business, largely for extractive purposes (oil drilling, coal and mineral mining, primarily).
I was a freelance journalist living in a van at the time, so I decided to visit all of those monuments and make a one-minute video for each to raise awareness about how unique and incredible they are. That public comment period received more comments than any other in history. Tr$mp ignored it, and tried to sell it off anyway. Thankfully the B!den admin reversed that, but now here we are again.
This month they announced their plan to cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase by 90%. NINETY! They're spreading lies that they hold no value to you, and that "you can't even walk on them." All obviously completely false. These lands are incredibly sacred to Native Americans, critical science work continues there, and they are absolutely incredible to explore. I went back to these two monuments the in 2018, too, just to take more photos. Please take a look at these.
These are YOUR public lands. They're your kids' and grandkids' inheritance. They will never recover if we allow them to to be destroyed today. Raise your voice, call your reps, and do not stop! We've saved them once before. We have to do it again.
#nationalmonuments #publiclands #27monuments
I was a freelance journalist living in a van at the time, so I decided to visit all of those monuments and make a one-minute video for each to raise awareness about how unique and incredible they are. That public comment period received more comments than any other in history. Tr$mp ignored it, and tried to sell it off anyway. Thankfully the B!den admin reversed that, but now here we are again.
This month they announced their plan to cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase by 90%. NINETY! They're spreading lies that they hold no value to you, and that "you can't even walk on them." All obviously completely false. These lands are incredibly sacred to Native Americans, critical science work continues there, and they are absolutely incredible to explore. I went back to these two monuments the in 2018, too, just to take more photos. Please take a look at these.
These are YOUR public lands. They're your kids' and grandkids' inheritance. They will never recover if we allow them to to be destroyed today. Raise your voice, call your reps, and do not stop! We've saved them once before. We have to do it again.
#nationalmonuments #publiclands #27monuments
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