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While I am all for state parks and think adding one at Hole-in-the-Rock would be a good idea, I felt gobsmacked by the irony of the proposal. It's OK to preserve Mormon cultural heritage but not American Indian cultural heritage in Bears Ears? What's up with that?

Linda Bonar

Salt Lake City