Bear Ear National Monument

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I am writing to you for help to keep Bears Ears a National Monument. I think it is important to protect this land. There are people out there that are destroying this area in Utah. The Natives have a lot of history on this land and I think it is important to protect it from those who are destroying historical artifacts. Native Americans to this day are still performing ceremonial traditions and to keep it sacred for them. Ranchers are becoming upset because they want to use this land for grazing cattle. They also want to use this land to drill oil and mining. I think this is an important matter to preserve the artifacts and keeping the land from being destroyed. We also need to respect the Natives and what their doing. In Utah 71 percent

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