(Photo courtesy of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition) Tribal and federal officials met last week at White Mesa, Utah, to sign an historic cooperative agreement for the management of Bears Ears National Monument. Flanked by Undersecretary of Agriculture Homer Wilkes, left, and BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning, right, members of the Bears Ears Commission gathered at the newly unveiled monument sign on State Road 261. Pictured left to right are Commissioners Christopher Tabbee and son (Ute), Malcolm Lehi (Ute Mountain Ute), Carleton Bowekaty (Zuni Pueblo), Timothy Nuvangyaoma (Hopi) and Davis Filfred (Navajo).
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.