2007-2014

• Trust partners with local tribal leaders and allies to advocate protection of the cultural resources in southeastern Utah from looting, vandalism and oil and gas development.
• Trust adds Bears Ears to National Treasures program

2016

• Bears Ears included on National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in America list, garners national attention
• Trust sends letter to President Obama on behalf of 18 national, regional, and local organizations urging National Monument proclamation by the end of 2016 (November)
• President Obama Names Bears Ears a National Monument (December 28)

2017

• President Donald Trump signs the Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act (April 26)
• More than 685,000 comments collected by coalition of organizations including the Trust submitted to Department of Interior in support of Bears Ears National Monument
• Trust President and CEO, Stephanie Meeks submits comments to Secretary of Interior Zinke from the Trust (May 25)
• Trust releases statement urging Trump to reject recommendation to reduce size of Bears Ears National Monument (September)
• President Donald Trump issues Executive Proclamation reducing land area of Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent (December 4)
• Trust joins coalition suing to stop dismemberment of Bears Ears National Monument (December 6)

2018

• Trust opposes legislation that would congressionally codify the reduction of Bears Ears National Monument (February)

2019

• Trust submits testimony in House National Resources Committee oversight hearing examining reduction of Bears Ears National Monuments (March)
• Trust, tribes, and local preservation advocacy partners defer 19 parcels from an oil and gas lease sale on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land near Bears Ears (April)
• Ancestral Places of Southeast Utah make Trust’s 2019 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places (May)
• Trust releases statement in response to BLM’s inadequate management plan and Environmental Impact Study for the area formerly designated as Bears Ears National Monument (July)
• Trust files formal protest of the BLM Monument Management Plan (August 26)
• BLM releases final management plan and Environmental Impact Study; Trust rallies members to submit public comments (September)

2020

• Trust files briefs in federal district court, together with co-plaintiffs, urging the court to declare unlawful the Trump revocation of Bears Ears National Monument (January 9 and April 10)

2021

• On first day in office, President Joseph Biden signs executive order directing Secretary of the Interior to review the revocation of the Bears Ears National Monument within next 60 days (January 20)
• Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) confirmed as Secretary of the Interior; first Native American to hold position (March 15)