The designation of Bears Ears as a national monument aims to conserve the area’s dramatic landscape. But there’s another characteristic which the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition is pushing to protect – the monument’s soundscape. Plus, the LGBTQ community nationwide continues to mourn after a shooting at a gay night club in Colorado Springs over the weekend. We hear thoughts from Xavi Saenz, the founder of Delta Pride.

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// Photo: Bears Ears National Monument in the fall. A proposed management plan by the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition says the “sounds of nature should remain pristine.” KZMU/Justin Higginbottom

// National Park Service Policy on Natural Sounds

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/policy.htm

// Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition: A Collaborative Land Management Plan for the Bears Ears National Monument

https://www.bearsearscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FINAL_BENM_LMP_08252022.pdf

// Ecological Society of America: Anthropogenic noise in US national parks – sources and spatial extent

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2112

// Science: Noise pollution is pervasive in US protected areas

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aah4783

// Trevor Project

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/?c_src=UCGOF220010250&c_src2=dt-2022-c-Google-CPC&gclid=CjwKCAiApvebBhAvEiwAe7mHSMJWuHLlps_e0nCbbLg2qTvdsh8M81gHEPbZ4A8_SWHfBvPTA8sw_RoCmEwQAvD_BwE

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