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Commentary: The unique landscape of Bears Ears must be protected

Members of the Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance support the restoration of the national monument.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Two buttes that make up the namesake for Utah's Bears Ears National Monument are shown on Dec. 28, 2016, in southeastern Utah. With Joe Biden's capture of the White House comes the likelihood that Utah's two big national monuments will be restored to their original boundaries, reopening yet another front in the West's public lands wars.