If a Bears Ears monument, larger or smaller, won’t guarantee cultural sites aren’t trashed, what will?

More money and more resources will help manage the growing crowds, but real protection will rest with more education and hikers following the rules.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A ceremonial kiva, one of the many Moon House structures, May 4, 2010. Moon House is a Pueblo III-period cliff dwelling located in southeastern Utah on Cedar Mesa in McLoyd's Canyon. It was created by ancestral Puebloan peoples between A.D. 1150 and 1300.

If a Bears Ears monument, larger or smaller, won’t guarantee cultural sites aren’t trashed, what will?

More money and more resources will help manage the growing crowds, but real protection will rest with more education and hikers following the rules.

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