Commentary: Conservatives should oppose shrinking national monuments

Man-made monuments will have fallen or been torn down or repaired five times over by the year 2100, but not our national parks.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Supporters of Bears Ears National Monument gather to protest movement by republicans at the Utah Capitol to move HCR11 and HCR12, resolutions asking President Donald Trump to erase the Bears Ears and alter Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, directly to the House floor for debate on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

Commentary: Conservatives should oppose shrinking national monuments

Man-made monuments will have fallen or been torn down or repaired five times over by the year 2100, but not our national parks.

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