The monuments review that the Department conducted, and the decisions to eviscerate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, are a travesty.

Well, I think the reality is that, State flexibility, it ends up that we end up deteriorating the habitat for the sage-grouse.

Public lands boost our local economies and add jobs, and special places like Las Vegas, New Mexico, benefit greatly.

I do not see how drawing the lines really makes a difference there.

I am particularly troubled by the lack of Tribal consultation so far.

the reason we have the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the reason the commission that Senator Alexander talked about was put in place, and the high numbers that Senator Tester talked about, are to have additional parks at the local…

Mr. Secretary, will you submit, for the record, a schedule for Tribal consultations?

Soon is a couple of weeks?

That is our point here.

Senator Udall noted a concern about not engaging as much with Tribes.

I remain concerned that, today, on the 146th anniversary of the 1872 Mining Law, we are still not having the necessary conversations about reforming this antiquated law.

Mr. Secretary, you raised King Cove. Maybe Senator Murkowski is more up-to-date than I am on that, but could you provide the committee an update on the Izembek road?