Aaron and Kate are joined by Davina Smith, who represents the Navajo Nation on the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, and Lauren Henson, who is the Collaborative Management and Tribal Support Specialist for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, to talk about the Bears Ears draft monument management plan, which came out in March. We talk about how the draft plan came together and how to get involved.

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• Biden Expands Two National Monuments in California – New York Times
  
• Submit a public comment through the Coalition website – Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
  
• Submit a comment through the BLM – Bureau of Land Management
  
• Bears Ears draft management plan public hearings – Bureau of Land Management
  
• Democrats seek probe of foreign mining on public lands – E&E News
  

Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

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