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Commentary: What lawmakers have done to our public lands is monstrous

It is devastating what a small minority of legislators, both at the federal and state level, would do to open our treasured Utah canyons and cliffs to oil, gas and mining.

FILE - In this undated file photo, the Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. Environmental groups gathered Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, to speak out against Republican Rep. Chris Stewart's legislative proposal that would create a modest national park at the recently downsized Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, while allowing coal mining and grazing within other areas. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)