National Monuments Case Moves Forward as Court Rules Against Trump

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National Monuments Case Moves Forward as Court Rules Against Trump
Conservationists’ lawsuit defending Bears Ears and Grand Staircase clears hurdle as judge rejects motion to dismiss; case against the president will move forward

We’re pleased the court denied the Trump’s Administration’s motion to dismiss and look forward to the next step: showing that President Trump violated the law when he dismantled Bears Ears and Grand Staircase.
Heidi McIntosh
Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountains Office, Earthjustice

October 1, 2019
Washington, D.C. —

Yesterday evening, the coalition fighting to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments cleared a milestone in the legal battle for the future of these public lands when the court denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss the case. While the legal fight has played out, the Trump administration has rushed through new management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase to open up hundreds of thousands of acres to mining, obliterating forests by dragging anchor chains through them, and new fossil fuel development.

The following statement is from Heidi McIntosh, managing attorney of Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountains Office:

“We’re pleased the court denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss and look forward to the next step: showing that President Trump violated the law when he dismantled Bears Ears and Grand Staircase. When Trump went after our national monuments, he thought he could ride roughshod over this country’s cultural and natural heritage, and auction off iconic public lands that belong to all of us. But this remains a country of laws. We will work relentlessly until we ensure that Bears Ears and Grand Staircase are protected forever as they were meant to be.”

In late 2017, Trump slashed Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, stripping nearly 2 million acres of public lands of Antiquities Act protections in the largest rollback of federal public land protection in history. He was greeted by protests in Salt Lake City — and lawsuits in Washington, D.C., as Native American Tribes, conservation, outdoor recreation, and paleontology groups filed lawsuits to defend these monuments within hours of Trump’s unlawful actions.

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