BLM seeking public comment on proposal to develop popular trailhead in Bears Ears National Monument

South Mule Canyon, one of the most heavily used hiking trails in Bears Ears National Monument, doesn’t have much in the way of improvements.The estimated 8,000 people annually who hike 1.5 miles to House on Fire, a prehistoric Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling, pay a day-use fee at a Bureau of Land Management self-service station and park along the shoulder of a dirt road.There are no pit toilets at the trailhead and signage is minimal. Braided paths crisscross the area, some of which have