Bears Ears National Monument, located in southeast Utah in San Juan County, is made up of 1.36 million acres of public lands administered jointly with the BLM and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service.

Bears Ears National Monument holds special meaning to a wide variety of users. This area’s rich cultural heritage is held sacred by many Native American Tribes, who continue to rely on these lands for traditional and ceremonial uses. The natural resources here are regularly used by local communities for firewood gathering and livestock grazing. Beyond cultural and natural resources, this area is meaningful to recreationists who visit the Bears Ears region to backpack, rock climb, river raft, and more.

Source: BLM Website (March 2023)

Establishment Bears Ears National Monument — October 8, 2021 (expanded) Bears Ears National Monument — December 4, 2017 (reduced) Bears Ears National Monument — December 28, 2016

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The contents of brochures, site bulletins and trading cards (denoted with a colored caption) can be viewed by clicking on the cover. Most modern-day brochures, however, are cover only (denoted by a white caption) due to photograph copyrights. These items are historical in scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are not meant as an aid for travel planning. The dates under each brochure do not reflect the complete range of years that a particular brochure was issued.

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Butler Wash Indian Ruins Trail Guide Date Unknown		Butler Ruins Trail Guide Date Unknown		Arch Canyon Date Unknown	Arch Canyon 2019
Dark Canyon Date Unknown	Fish and Owl Canyon Date Unknown	Fish and Owl Canyon 2019	Johns Canyon Date Unknown	Cedar Mesa/Grand Gulch Trip Planner Date Unknown
Cedar MesaTrip Planner Date Unknown		Newspaper Rock Interpretive Trail 08/1982		Newspaper Rock Recreation Site Date Unknown	Newspaper Rock Recreation Site 2019
River House Ruin Date Unknown	Slickhorn Canyon Date Unknown	Valley of the Gods Date Unknown

Annual Manager's Report: 2021, Bears Ears National Monument (Misti Haines, Melissa Wardle, Jed Carling and Jacob Palma, 2021)

Annual Manager's Report: 2022, Bears Ears National Monument (Misti Haines, Melissa Wardle, Jed Carling, Jacob Palma and Jared Lundell, 2022)

Bears Ears: A Native Perspective on America's Most Significant Unprotected Cultural Landscape (©Bears Ears Coalition, undated)

Bears Ears Archaeological Experts Gathering: Assessing and Looking Ahead (Archaeology Southwest and Friends of Cedar Mesa, 2017)

Boundary Modifications, Bears Ears National Monument (2017)

Draft Monument Management Plans and Environmental Impact Statement (Shash Jáa and Indian Creek Units), Bears Ears National Monument: Executive Summary • Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 (BLM, USFS, August 2018)

Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement — Volume 1: Executive Summary and Chapters 1-4, Bears Ears National Monument (March 2024)

Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement — Volume 2: Literature Cited, Glossary, and Appendices, Bears Ears National Monument (March 2024)

Establishment of Bears Ears National Monument Presidential Proclamation 9558 (2016)

Fast Facts and Questions & Answers (BLM, 2016)

Final Monument Management Plans and Environmental Impact Statement (Shash Jáa and Indian Creek Units), Bears Ears National Monument: Executive Summary • Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 (BLM, USFS, July 2019)

Handout, Bears Ears National Monument (BLM, February 6, 2020)

Map (BLM, 2016)

Map (BLM, 2017)

Map (BLM, 2021)

Map — Cultural Resources: Indian Creek Unit (October 2, 2018)

Map — Cultural Resources: Shash Jáa Unit (October 2, 2018)

Myths vs. Facts, Bears Ears National Monument (BLM, February 6, 2020)

Proclamation 9558—Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument (Barack Obama, December 28, 2016)

Proclamation 9681—Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument (Donald J. Trump, December 4, 2017)

Proclamation 10285—Bears Ears National Monument P(Joseph R. Biden, Jr., October 8, 2021)

Questions & Answers, Bears Ears National Monument (US Forest Service, undated)

Record of Decision and Approved Monument Management Plans, Indian Creek and Shash Jáa Units, Bears Ears National Monument (BLM, February 2020)

Record of Decision and Approved Plan Amendment for the Land and Resource Management Plan: Manti-La Sal National Forest, Shash Jáa Unit, Bears Ears National Monument (USFS, February 2020)

Scoping Report: Monument Management Plans and Environmental Impact Statement, Shash Jaá and Indian Creek Units, Bears Ears National Monument (August 2018)

Travel Map (BLM, 2017)

Travel Map (BLM, 2018)

Visitor Information — Frequently asked Questions (undated)

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the handbooks and books which have been published for this park. NPSHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

cover only The Best Bears Ears National Monument Hikes Morgan Sjogren 2018	cover only Bears Ears: Views from a Sacred Land Stephen E. Strom 2018	cover only Voices from Bears Ears: Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land Rebecca Robinson 2018	cover only Behind the Bears Ears: Exploring the Cultural and Natural Histories of a Sacred Landscape R.E. Burrillo 2020
cover only The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness David Roberts 2021	cover only Exploring Utah's Bears Ears and Cedar Mesa: A Guide to Hiking, Backpacking, Scenic Drives, and Landmarks Andrew Weber 2021	cover only Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance Andrew Gulliford 2022