Summary: President Trump announced on Monday that he will slash the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by 2 million acres, the largest rollback of federal protection in the nation’s history. In response, Patagonia – the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer that Igor wishes he had a jacket from – replaced its homepage with a banner reading, “The President Stole Your Land.” Matt Lee Ashley, a senior fellow with CAP’s Public Lands team and former deputy chief of staff at the Department of Interior joins Michele and Igor to breakdown the impact of these reductions, the importance of our national parks, and why this move is a personal favor to Utah's senators who are backing Trump's tax measure. Then, straight from the mouth of Patagonia, the company's director of philosophy, Vincent Stanley, explains how Patagonia has been involved in the establishment of Bears Ears since the beginning, and why President Trump’s unprecedented action deserved a response.
