Gary Herbert: “Government closest to the people governs best.”

If we really care about protecting the antiquities and the archeological artifacts, if we really care about giving the Native Americans co-management responsibility, it has to be done legislatively.

If we really care about actually treating the Bears Ears with the reverence and respect it deserves and that the Native Americans want it to have...

I think most all of us appreciate that government closest to the people tends to be more reflective and more representative of the people's needs.

I respectfully reject the attitude that it ought to be adversarial. I think it ought to be collaborative.