Letter: Protect our public lands

In 2017, President Donald Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Escalante Grand Staircase monuments in Southern Utah by nearly 85% — the first such revocation of federal protection in our nation’s history. This reduction, which allowed for uranium mining companies to begin operating and has since been challenged in court by a coalition spanning from Native American tribes to the Patagonia clothing brand, represents a dangerous precedent sent by our departing president. By issuing