# 91 FR 45169: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

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- **Citation:** 91 FR 45169
- **Heading:** Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Proclamations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Presidential Documents / Proclamation / 2026-14548

## Text

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45169-45177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-14548]

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 136 / Friday, July 17, 2026 /
Presidential Documents

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Proclamation 11043 of July 13, 2026

Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On December 28, 2016, President Obama issued
Proclamation 9558, which established the Bears Ears
National Monument (Monument) in the State of Utah;
reserved approximately 1.35 million acres of Federal
land as part of the Monument; and directed that the
Monument be jointly managed by the Department of the
Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the
Department of Agriculture's United States Forest
Service (USFS).

On December 4, 2017, exercising my authority under
section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (the
``Antiquities Act''), I issued Proclamation 9681 to
modify the boundaries of the Monument in accordance
with the requirements of that Act, as well as to ensure
the Monument's proper management. Proclamation 9681
excluded approximately 1.15 million acres from the
Monument, and also reserved approximately 11,200 acres
as part of the Monument that were not originally
reserved by Proclamation 9558
dance
with the requirements of that Act, as well as to ensure
the Monument's proper management. Proclamation 9681
excluded approximately 1.15 million acres from the
Monument, and also reserved approximately 11,200 acres
as part of the Monument that were not originally
reserved by Proclamation 9558. On October 8, 2021,
President Biden issued Proclamation 10285 to modify the
boundaries of the Monument to include all lands
previously excluded, expanding the Monument to
encompass approximately 1.36 million acres.

The Antiquities Act authorizes the President to declare
historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric
structures, and other objects of historic or scientific
interest that are situated on land owned or controlled
by the Federal Government to be national monuments. The
Antiquities Act further requires that any parcel of
land reserved as part of a monument be confined to the
smallest area compatible with the proper care and
management of the objects to be protected. Where the
President determines that the structures and objects
identified by a prior monument proclamation no longer
are, or never were, deserving of the Antiquities Act's
protections, the Antiquities Act permits the President
to remove land from the monument and return it to its
prior federally managed status
President determines that the structures and objects
identified by a prior monument proclamation no longer
are, or never were, deserving of the Antiquities Act's
protections, the Antiquities Act permits the President
to remove land from the monument and return it to its
prior federally managed status. Determining the
appropriate protective area involves examining several
factors, including the uniqueness and nature of the
objects to be protected, the nature of the protection
needed, the protection provided those objects by other
laws, executive department and agency resources
available to manage the parcel, and whether the lands
are better suited for other non-monument uses.

Given these considerations, the monument designation
made in Proclamation 10285 suffers from several flaws
under Antiquities Act analysis that require the action
taken by this proclamation. First, Proclamation 10285's
designation rests on the purported need to protect
items that are not historic landmarks, historic or
prehistoric structures, or other objects of historic or
scientific interest. For example, Proclamation 10285
protects various generic features and landscapes found
within the Bears Ears region, such as ``deep sandstone
canyons, broad desert mesas, towering monoliths,
forested mountaintops dotted with lush meadows'' and
``low bluffs and high mesas.'' While scenic, these
generic features are not ``landmarks,'' ``structures,''
or ``objects of historical or scientific interest''
worthy of protection under the Antiquities Act.
canyons, broad desert mesas, towering monoliths,
forested mountaintops dotted with lush meadows'' and
``low bluffs and high mesas.'' While scenic, these
generic features are not ``landmarks,'' ``structures,''
or ``objects of historical or scientific interest''
worthy of protection under the Antiquities Act.

Second, certain landmarks, structures, or objects
identified in Proclamation 10285 that could have the
necessary historic or scientific interest in other
contexts are prevalent throughout the Four Corners
region and, in some

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cases, throughout the American West. The relative
commonness of these cultural resources within the
broader area suggests that the specific instances of
such objects found within the Monument are not of
particular historic or scientific interest. For
instance, lithic scatters, projectile points,
prehistoric campsites, petroglyphs, and pictographs are
found across the American West and are not unique to
the Bears Ears region. Accordingly, a monument
reservation was neither necessary nor appropriate to
protect these items.
ientific interest. For
instance, lithic scatters, projectile points,
prehistoric campsites, petroglyphs, and pictographs are
found across the American West and are not unique to
the Bears Ears region. Accordingly, a monument
reservation was neither necessary nor appropriate to
protect these items.

Third, because Proclamation 10285 reserved lands that
were intended to protect several landmarks, structures,
or objects that lack the necessary historic or
scientific interest, it also disregards the Antiquities
Act's requirement that the reservation of Federal lands
for a national monument be confined to the ``smallest
area compatible with the proper care and management of
the objects to be protected.'' If the parcel had been
properly tailored to protect only those objects
identified in Proclamation 10285 that do warrant
protection under the Antiquities Act, it would have
been much smaller.

Finally, a monument designation and reservation of land
were unnecessary to protect many of the objects of
historic and scientific interest identified by
Proclamation 10285, which are already subject to
enhanced protections under Federal laws enacted after
the Antiquities Act that preserve archaeological,
historic, cultural and paleontological resources, as
well as plants and animals and their respective
habitats. These laws, including the Archaeological
Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-
470mm), National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C
the Antiquities Act that preserve archaeological,
historic, cultural and paleontological resources, as
well as plants and animals and their respective
habitats. These laws, including the Archaeological
Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-
470mm), National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C.
300101 et seq.), Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 668-668d), Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), Federal Cave Resources
Protection Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.),
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), National Forest Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703-712), Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act of 1976 (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and
Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470aaa-470aaa-11), authorize the BLM or the USFS to
limit and condition activities on Federal lands for the
protection of certain natural or cultural resources,
whether they are within or outside a national monument.

For instance, more than 500,000 acres of the Monument
were already being managed to maintain, enhance, or
protect their roadless character before they were
designated as part of a national monument.
Specifically, the BLM manages approximately 380,759
acres of lands within the existing monument as
Wilderness Study Areas, which the BLM is required by
law to manage so as not to impair their suitability for
future congressional designation as Wilderness
designated as part of a national monument.
Specifically, the BLM manages approximately 380,759
acres of lands within the existing monument as
Wilderness Study Areas, which the BLM is required by
law to manage so as not to impair their suitability for
future congressional designation as Wilderness. On
lands managed by the USFS, 46,348 acres are part of the
congressionally designated Dark Canyon Wilderness Area,
which, under the 1964 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-
1136), and the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law
98-428), the USFS must manage so as to maintain or
enhance its wilderness character. As a result, many of
the objects previously designated as monuments by
Proclamation 10285 are already adequately protected by
Federal law and do not require a reservation of land
under the Antiquities Act for protection.

In light of these flaws, I have determined, in my
discretion, that the parcel of land reserved by
Proclamation 10285 is not confined to the smallest area
compatible with the proper care and management of the
objects of scientific or historic interest identified
therein. Instead, proper care and management can be
provided to those objects by a smaller reservation of
approximately 121,096 acres comprising two units: the
Shash J[aacute]a Unit and the Indian Creek Unit.
Revising the boundaries of the Monument in this way
will ensure that, in accordance with the Antiquities
Act, the reservation is the smallest area compatible
with the proper care and management of the objects to
be protected
omprising two units: the
Shash J[aacute]a Unit and the Indian Creek Unit.
Revising the boundaries of the Monument in this way
will ensure that, in accordance with the Antiquities
Act, the reservation is the smallest area compatible
with the proper care and management of the objects to
be protected. Revising the Monument's boundaries to
encompass approximately 121,096 acres will also account
for practical limitations on the BLM's and the USFS's
land management resources and funding,

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ensuring that these remain adequate to provide proper
care and management for the protected objects now and
in the future.

Revising the boundaries of the Monument will also
unburden public National Forest System lands that can
and should be put to a higher-priority use. The Bears
Ears region contains several resources that are vital
to energy and resource independence and, in turn,
critical to national security. These resources--which
include critical minerals such as silver, copper,
molybdenum, lead, uranium, vanadium, and zinc--create
jobs, fuel prosperity, and are essential to important
sectors of the economy of the United States, including
defense, manufacturing, and transportation. It is
imperative that the United States not rely on foreign
sources for these resources. Modifying the Monument's
boundaries will help ensure that adequate domestic
supplies exist, thereby reducing the threat posed by
our Nation's reliance on foreign sources.
defense, manufacturing, and transportation. It is
imperative that the United States not rely on foreign
sources for these resources. Modifying the Monument's
boundaries will help ensure that adequate domestic
supplies exist, thereby reducing the threat posed by
our Nation's reliance on foreign sources.

The approximately 106,816-acre Shash J[aacute]a Unit is
the heart of the Monument. These lands encompass a
collection of objects of historic and scientific
interest that represent the Bears Ears region's natural
and cultural heritage. For example, the Shash
J[aacute]a Unit contains notable geologic features,
including the iconic twin buttes known as the Bears
Ears, which are considered sacred by the Native
American tribes that call this area their ancestral
home and which were a prominent landmark for both
ancient peoples and the more recent inhabitants of the
region. The Shash J[aacute]a Unit also holds Arch
Canyon, Mule Canyon, and Comb Ridge--a north-south
trending monocline that resembles a rooster's comb.

The Shash J[aacute]a Unit contains an abundance of
cultural and archaeological objects spanning thousands
of years of human history, such as dispersed villages,
pit houses, kivas, storage pits, storage rooms,
pottery, lithic scatters, campsites, rock shelters,
pictographs, and baskets, as well as manos and metates
for grinding corn
an abundance of
cultural and archaeological objects spanning thousands
of years of human history, such as dispersed villages,
pit houses, kivas, storage pits, storage rooms,
pottery, lithic scatters, campsites, rock shelters,
pictographs, and baskets, as well as manos and metates
for grinding corn. These objects also include large
villages from the Pueblo I period, cliff dwellings from
the Pueblo III period, and expansive and complex multi-
family dwellings from the Pueblo II period near Comb
Wash; the Arch Canyon ruin, which contains pictographs
and petroglyphs ranging from the Archaic to the
historic period; shelter-cliff dwellings from the
Pueblo II and III periods in the north and south forks
of Mule Canyon, as well as other archaeological sites
there, including the House on Fire Ruin; alcoves near
Whiskers Draw containing evidence of human habitation
from the Basketmaker period; portions of the Butler
Wash Archeological District, an Ancestral Puebloan ruin
with multiple rooms and kivas that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places; the Butler Wash
Kachina Panel, a wall-sized mural of San Juan
Anthropomorph figures; and Milk Ranch Point, which is
home to a rich concentration of kivas, granaries, and
dwellings.
an Ancestral Puebloan ruin
with multiple rooms and kivas that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places; the Butler Wash
Kachina Panel, a wall-sized mural of San Juan
Anthropomorph figures; and Milk Ranch Point, which is
home to a rich concentration of kivas, granaries, and
dwellings.

The Shash J[aacute]a Unit also contains important
paleontological objects, including Triassic vertebrate
trace fossils near Comb Ridge. Additionally, the Shash
J[aacute]a Unit contains several historic sites that
shed light on the Bears Ears region's more modern
cultural heritage. For example, the unit contains
objects related to the cowboys, trappers, and explorers
that moved into the region in the mid-1800s, as well as
objects related to settlers from the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (Latter Day Saints). This
last group of objects includes prominent features of
the Hole-in-the-Rock Road, such as Salvation Knoll, and
San Juan Hill, which served as navigation points for
Latter Day Saints traveling into southeastern Utah.

Finally, the Shash J[aacute]a Unit described on the
accompanying map includes five non-contiguous parcels
of land encompassing significant historic and
prehistoric structures and objects of historic and
scientific interest, including:
1) a 157-acre parcel reserved for Doll House Ruin,
a fully-intact and well-preserved single-room granary,
as well as for other prehistoric structures and objects
in a tributary of Woodenshoe Canyon;

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prehistoric structures and objects of historic and
scientific interest, including:
1) a 157-acre parcel reserved for Doll House Ruin,
a fully-intact and well-preserved single-room granary,
as well as for other prehistoric structures and objects
in a tributary of Woodenshoe Canyon;

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2) a 314-acre parcel reserved for Scorup Cabin, a
line cabin originally built in Rig Canyon and later
moved to its current location, used by early cowboys as
a summer camp while tending cattle in the area;
3) a 693-acre parcel reserved for the Rig Canyon
Mining Exploration Site, which supported a vertical oil
well, drilled in 1926, in a wildcat oil field;
4) a 318-acre parcel reserved for the Moon House
complex, an example of Pueblo-decorated architecture
that is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, and is likely the last human occupied site on
Cedar Mesa; and
5) an 88-acre parcel reserved for the Citadel, an
Ancestral Puebloan site featuring several masonry rooms
and a series of deteriorating features on Cedar Mesa.

The approximately 14,279-acre Indian Creek Unit also
contains objects of historic and scientific interest
that are representative of the region's natural and
cultural heritage, such as dinosaur tracks and
distinctive and well-preserved petroglyphs in Shay
Canyon; Newspaper Rock, a roadside rock art panel that
has been listed on the National Register of Historic
Places since 1976; and notable paleontological
resources, including abundant fossilized flora and
fauna
ritage, such as dinosaur tracks and
distinctive and well-preserved petroglyphs in Shay
Canyon; Newspaper Rock, a roadside rock art panel that
has been listed on the National Register of Historic
Places since 1976; and notable paleontological
resources, including abundant fossilized flora and
fauna.

Accordingly, the area described above and on the
accompanying map is the smallest compatible with the
proper care and management of the objects of historic
and scientific interest identified above, which I have
determined in my discretion warrant protection under
the Antiquities Act. This modification of the Monument
will maintain and protect those objects and preserve
the area's cultural, scientific, and historic legacy.

WHEREAS, section 320301 of title 54, United States Code
authorizes the President, in the President's
discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic
landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and
other objects of historic or scientific interest that
are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the
Federal Government to be national monuments, and to
reserve as a part thereof parcels of land; and

WHEREAS, the Antiquities Act also permits the
President, in the President's discretion, to alter a
prior declaration of a national monument by finding
that objects identified in the prior declaration either
are no longer deserving of the Antiquities Act's
protections, or never were; and
land; and

WHEREAS, the Antiquities Act also permits the
President, in the President's discretion, to alter a
prior declaration of a national monument by finding
that objects identified in the prior declaration either
are no longer deserving of the Antiquities Act's
protections, or never were; and

WHEREAS, many of the resources and objects identified
by Proclamation 10285 are not historic landmarks,
historic structures, or other objects of historic or
scientific interest and, therefore, should not have
been declared to be national monuments under the
Antiquities Act; and

WHEREAS, many of the resources and objects designated
as monuments by Proclamation 10285 do not require a
reservation of land to protect them because they are
not unique to those areas, were not under threat of
damage or destruction before designation, or are
sufficiently protected by Federal law; and

WHEREAS, the reservation of land established by
Proclamation 10285 is not ``the smallest area
compatible with the proper care and management of the
objects to be protected''; and

WHEREAS, given the budgetary and resource constraints
of the BLM and the USFS, which have only intensified
since 2017, the boundaries established by Proclamations
9681 and 10285 encompass lands too vast to ensure the
proper care and management of all of the protected
objects located therein; and
d

WHEREAS, given the budgetary and resource constraints
of the BLM and the USFS, which have only intensified
since 2017, the boundaries established by Proclamations
9681 and 10285 encompass lands too vast to ensure the
proper care and management of all of the protected
objects located therein; and

WHEREAS, the need to reduce our Nation's reliance on
foreign sources of several resources vital to our
economic and national security, including resources
located within the historic and current boundaries of
the Monument, is also greater than it was in 2017,
thereby further necessitating

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the exclusion of lands that were retained within the
Monument by Proclamation 9681; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to modify the
boundaries of the Monument to exclude from its
reservation approximately 1,238,904 acres of land that
I find unnecessary for or disadvantageous to the proper
care and management of objects to be protected within
the Monument; and

WHEREAS, I find that the boundaries of the Monument as
described above and on the accompanying map represent
the smallest area compatible with the proper care and
management of the objects of historic and scientific
interest identified above.
ent of objects to be protected within
the Monument; and

WHEREAS, I find that the boundaries of the Monument as
described above and on the accompanying map represent
the smallest area compatible with the proper care and
management of the objects of historic and scientific
interest identified above.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by the authority vested in me
by section 320301 of title 54, United States Code,
proclaim that the boundaries of the Bears Ears National
Monument are hereby modified to include those lands
owned or controlled by the Federal Government within
the boundaries described on the accompanying map, which
is attached to and forms a part of this proclamation. I
hereby further proclaim that the modified Monument
areas identified on the accompanying map shall be known
as the Indian Creek Unit and Shash J[aacute]a Unit, the
latter of which shall include the Moon House complex,
the Citadel, Doll House Ruins, Scorup Cabin, and the
Rig Canyon Exploration site. These reserved Federal
lands cumulatively encompass approximately 121,096
acres. The boundaries described on the accompanying map
are confined to the smallest area compatible with the
proper care and management of the objects to be
protected. Any lands reserved by Proclamations 9558,
9681, or 10285 not within the boundaries identified on
the accompanying map are hereby excluded from the
Monument.
ibed on the accompanying map
are confined to the smallest area compatible with the
proper care and management of the objects to be
protected. Any lands reserved by Proclamations 9558,
9681, or 10285 not within the boundaries identified on
the accompanying map are hereby excluded from the
Monument.

At 9:00 a.m., eastern daylight time, on the date that
is 60 days after the date of this proclamation, subject
to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law,
the public and National Forest System lands excluded
from the Monument reservation shall be open to:

(1) entry, location, selection, sale, or other
disposition under the public land laws and laws
applicable to the USFS;
(2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral
and geothermal leasing; and
(3) location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws.

Appropriation of lands under the mining laws before the
date and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such
attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse
possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights
against the United States. Acts required to establish a
location and to initiate a right of possession are
governed by State law where not in conflict with
Federal law.
s unauthorized. Any such
attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse
possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights
against the United States. Acts required to establish a
location and to initiate a right of possession are
governed by State law where not in conflict with
Federal law.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to
remove any lands from the Manti-La Sal National Forest
or to otherwise revoke, modify, or affect any
withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation, other than
those set forth in Proclamations 9558, 9681, and 10285.

Nothing in this proclamation shall change the
management of the areas designated and reserved by
Proclamations 9558, 9681, and 10285 that remain part of
the Monument in accordance with the terms of this
proclamation, except as provided by the following
eleven paragraphs:

For purposes of providing for the proper care and
management of the objects identified above, and to
facilitate multiple uses of the Monument that are
consistent with the proper care and management of those
objects, the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) shall
jointly maintain a management plan for the Monument and
shall promulgate such regulations for its management,
consistent with applicable law, as they deem
appropriate. The Secretaries, through the BLM and the
USFS,

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e Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) shall
jointly maintain a management plan for the Monument and
shall promulgate such regulations for its management,
consistent with applicable law, as they deem
appropriate. The Secretaries, through the BLM and the
USFS,

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shall consult with other Federal land management
agencies or agency components in the local area,
including the National Park Service, when developing
any management plan. In promulgating any management
rules and regulations governing the National Forest
System lands within the Monument and developing any
management plan, the Secretary of Agriculture, through
the USFS, shall consult with the Secretary of the
Interior, through the BLM. The Secretaries shall
provide for public involvement in the development of
any management plan, including consultation with
federally recognized Tribes and State and local
governments. In developing and implementing any
management plan, the Secretaries shall provide
opportunities, pursuant to applicable legal
authorities, for resource sharing, operational
efficiency, and cooperation with other Federal land
management agencies, State and local governments, and
federally recognized Tribes
oping and implementing any
management plan, the Secretaries shall provide
opportunities, pursuant to applicable legal
authorities, for resource sharing, operational
efficiency, and cooperation with other Federal land
management agencies, State and local governments, and
federally recognized Tribes. When developing any
management plan for lands within the Monument, the
Secretaries shall take into account, to the maximum
extent consistent with the proper care and management
of the objects identified above, the importance of (1)
providing appropriate access for and otherwise
facilitating livestock grazing; (2) maintaining and
improving public access to the Monument, including for
recreation and hunting; and (3) providing educational
experiences that reflect the diversity of the
Monument's natural and anthropogenic features and their
use throughout the history of the Bears Ears region.

Proclamations 9558 and 10285 established the Bears Ears
Commission (BEC) to provide guidance and
recommendations on the development and implementation
of management plans and on management of the Monument.
The BEC is hereby disbanded and terminated, and the
Secretaries shall have no obligation to engage,
consult, or coordinate with the BEC or a comparable
entity as provided in, or derived from, either
Proclamation 9558 or 10285, though the Secretaries
shall continue to consult with Tribal Nations in
accordance with other applicable authorities.
d the
Secretaries shall have no obligation to engage,
consult, or coordinate with the BEC or a comparable
entity as provided in, or derived from, either
Proclamation 9558 or 10285, though the Secretaries
shall continue to consult with Tribal Nations in
accordance with other applicable authorities.

Proclamation 9558 established an advisory committee
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) to provide information and advice regarding the
development of management plans for the Monument and,
as appropriate, management of the Monument.
Proclamation 9558 is hereby revised to clarify that the
Monument advisory committee shall consist of a balanced
representation of interested stakeholders that
specifically includes one member each from the Hopi
Nation, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah and Ouray Reservation, the Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe, and the Pueblo of Zuni; one member each from San
Juan County, Monticello City, Blanding City, and the
Town of Bluff; and six members recommended by the
Governor of Utah. Of those six members recommended by
the Governor of Utah, each shall belong to one of the
following stakeholder groups: archaeological or
historical experts; livestock grazing permittees;
outdoor recreation participants, including commercial
recreation providers or off-highway vehicle users;
conservationists; private landowners; and local
business owners.
ach shall belong to one of the
following stakeholder groups: archaeological or
historical experts; livestock grazing permittees;
outdoor recreation participants, including commercial
recreation providers or off-highway vehicle users;
conservationists; private landowners; and local
business owners.

Nothing in this proclamation affects the designation,
maintenance, and improvement of existing roads and
trails within the Monument, which shall continue to be
governed by laws and regulations other than this
proclamation. The Secretaries shall prepare a new
transportation plan that endeavors to maximize public
access to the Monument by designating roads and trails
on which motorized and non-motorized vehicle use will
be allowed, as well as providing for appropriate
maintenance of those roads and trails. Pending
completion of that transportation plan, the Secretaries
may allow motorized and non-motorized vehicle use on
roads and trails designated for such use immediately
before the issuance of Proclamation 9558 and may
maintain roads and trails for such use. The Secretaries
may also designate for motorized vehicle use roads and
trails that were not designated for such use prior to
the issuance of Proclamation 9558, regardless of the
purpose of that use.

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The Secretaries shall consider the effects of proposed
activities, including potential road closures, on
historic roads in the Monument, in accordance with the
regulations at 36 CFR Part 800, as appropriate.
the issuance of Proclamation 9558, regardless of the
purpose of that use.

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The Secretaries shall consider the effects of proposed
activities, including potential road closures, on
historic roads in the Monument, in accordance with the
regulations at 36 CFR Part 800, as appropriate.

Consistent with the proper care and management of the
objects identified above, the Secretaries may authorize
ecological restoration and active vegetation management
activities in the Monument. When engaging in management
planning for the Monument, the Secretaries shall
consider the full range of vegetation management tools,
including mechanical mastication, grazing, and new
vegetation management technology that becomes available
in the future. Additionally, because noxious weeds and
invasive plant species increase wildfire risks, the
Secretaries may authorize the use of mechanical,
natural, and chemical tools for controlling the
proliferation of noxious weeds and invasive plant
species, and should coordinate with the San Juan County
Weed Board, as appropriate, in developing and
implementing treatment plans. Livestock grazing should
be utilized as a primary option for mitigating noxious
weeds as well as managing fuels and vegetation.
proliferation of noxious weeds and invasive plant
species, and should coordinate with the San Juan County
Weed Board, as appropriate, in developing and
implementing treatment plans. Livestock grazing should
be utilized as a primary option for mitigating noxious
weeds as well as managing fuels and vegetation.

In recognition of the enduring tradition of livestock
grazing in the Monument and its historical and cultural
significance to local communities, nothing in this
proclamation shall be deemed to affect authorizations
for livestock grazing, or administration thereof, on
Federal lands within the Monument. Livestock grazing
within the Monument shall continue to be governed by
laws and regulations other than this proclamation.

The Secretaries shall endeavor to authorize traditional
land uses within the Monument, such as grazing,
recreation, timber management, public access, and
infrastructure development, to the greatest extent
possible, consistent with applicable law. Where
restrictions on proposed uses are necessary to comply
with applicable laws, such restrictions shall be
narrowly tailored.

The Secretaries shall consider livestock grazing lands
in the Monument to constitute a traditional cultural
place (TCP) and shall consider how proposed activities
will impact that TCP in accordance with the regulations
at 36 CFR Part 800, as appropriate.
ch restrictions shall be
narrowly tailored.

The Secretaries shall consider livestock grazing lands
in the Monument to constitute a traditional cultural
place (TCP) and shall consider how proposed activities
will impact that TCP in accordance with the regulations
at 36 CFR Part 800, as appropriate.

If any livestock grazing permits or leases are
voluntarily relinquished by existing holders, the
Secretaries shall, within 1 year, re-allocate the
relinquished forage, including by issuing a new permit
or lease for the relevant allotment, as appropriate,
unless the Secretaries specifically find that such
reallocation is inconsistent with the proper care and
management of the objects identified above.

If any provision of this proclamation, including its
application to a particular parcel of land, is held to
be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation shall
not be affected thereby. Furthermore, to the extent
that any provision of Proclamations 9558, 9681, or
10285 is inconsistent with or contradicts this
proclamation, the terms of this proclamation shall
govern.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fifty-
first.

(Presidential Sig.)

Billing code 3395-F4-P

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[FR Doc. 2026-14548
Filed 7-16-26; 11:15 am]
Billing code 4310-10-C

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