Judge rejects state of Utah lawsuit to nullify Biden's restoration of Grand Staircase & Bears Ears

A federal judge on Friday tossed a lawsuit by Utah political leaders who asked the courts to declare President Joe Biden’s restoration of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments unlawful.

Last summer, state and local officials, including Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and Gov. Spencer Cox, filed a lawsuit seeking to shrink the recently restored monuments by more than 2 million acres.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/federal-judge-throws-out-utahs-lawsuit-over-bears-ears-grand-staircase-monuments

Among other devastation, catastrophic wildfire on Maui destroys Native Hawaiian sacred sites

Native Hawaiians are devastated by the recent wildfires that swept through Lahaina, Maui, killing dozens of residents and destroying hundreds of homes, buildings, Christian churches and Buddhist temples.

It is not just the historic buildings and landmarks that are important to Native Hawaiians. This region of Maui has a longer history.

https://theconversation.com/native-hawaiian-sacred-sites-have-been-damaged-in-the-lahaina-wildfires-but-as-an-indigenous-scholar-writes-their-stories-will-live-on-211401

Development could bring "wholesale destruction" to landscapes around Manassas NBP: USNPS

Warning of the “wholesale destruction” of historic landscapes related to major Civil War camps and troop burials, the new superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield Park has stated his strong concerns about the Prince William Digital Gateway, a plan to build 28 to 34 new data centers on 2,133 acres directly north of the national park.

In recent letters to Prince William County officials, Kristopher Butcher, the new

superintendent of the Manassas National Battlefield Park, stopped short of expressing the park’s outright opposition to the proposed data center development but called for additional “research, analysis and mitigation efforts” to protect the area’s numerous historic resources.

https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/park-superintendent-warns-of-data-centers-wholesale-destruction-to-historic-areas-around-the-manassas-battlefield/article_278caca0-37c3-11ee-9f99-abdeeaa89493.html