TAKE ACTION: President Trump is attacking our national parks, public lands and waters in the mountain West President Trump has signed an executive order attempting to eliminate or shrink national monuments that have been protected by past presidents, including Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Canyons of the Ancients, Rio Grande Del Norte, Browns Canyon, and Colorado National Monuments. This is an attack on our heritage and the public lands and waters that are critical to our economy and way of life. The executive order puts the fate of our parks and monuments in the hands of Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke. Now is the time to show Secretary Zinke that residents of the Western Slope want our lands to remain protected. With your help, we can demonstrate the overwhelming public support for Bears Ears and all national monuments. Please submit your comment today. The Bears Ears comment period ends on May 26th! ONLINE COMMENTS ARE DUE BY 11:59PM EST TODAY, MAY 26. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than May 26, and received at the DOI by June 1. Sixteen presidents from both sides of the aisle have designated national monuments to protect places from the Grand Canyon to Bears Ears to Papahānaumokuākea in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Act also helps tell a more complete story of our nation, protecting sites from Stonewall to Birmingham to Cesar Chavez. The American Public, including residents of the Western Slope, overwhelming support our national monuments and no president has ever attempted to revoke a predecessor’s monument designation, until now. Tell Secretary Zinke that those of us on the Western Slope want Bears Ears and all national monuments to be protected for future generations. Thanks for taking action today! ### Consider sending a copy of your comments directly to Representative Tipton as well. Contact Representative Tipton: Washington (202) 225-4761 Grand Junction (970) 241-2499 https://tipton.house.gov/contact/email Dear Representative Tipton, I am extremely disappointed that President Trump has signed an executive order that attempts to undermine our national monuments, including Bears Ears, Rio Grande del Norte, and Browns Canyon National Monuments.  I strongly urge you to oppose any efforts to eliminate or shrink our national monuments. Our national parks and public lands and waters help define who we are as a nation by telling the story of our historical, cultural, and natural heritage.  These incredible resources are also critical to western Colorado’s economy – driving tourism, outdoor recreation, and a quality of life associated with healthy public lands. A 120-day review makes a mockery of the decades of work that local communities have invested to protect Bears Ears and other national monuments for future generations. Any honest review of a national monument would be transparent, engage the public, and consider the decades of community engagement behind many of these monuments. Here in Colorado, our support for protecting special places is strong, and the public overwhelmingly opposes this and other attacks on national parks, monuments, public lands, and waters. I urge you to support our