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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The two buttes that make up the namesake for the Bears Ears National Monument r... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) A hiker explores an alcove in a sandstone canyon in the Cedar Mesa area in San Juan ... (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Hiker Richard Schwarz has visited Moon House four times and claims it is his favorite ... (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Moon House is aptly named for a moon image in the preserved paint and plaster used (at... (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management approved a 6.4-mile motorized route in Indian Cree... (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Climbers at Indian Creek, Friday, December 30, 2016. (Rick Bowmer | AP Photo) The Newspaper Rock in Bears Ears National Monument features a rock panel of petroglyphs in the In... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Petroglyphs etched in stone along the San Juan River, the southern border of Bears E... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rafters on rubber ducks make their way down the San Juan River between Bluff and Mex... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hot air balloons hover over formation in Valley of the Gods an area between Bluff an... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fall leaves at peak color on the east side of the Abajo Mountains west of Monticello... (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Arch Canyon, pictured here in 2010, was in Bears Ears National Monument. (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anasazi grinding rock under sandstone alcove in canyon along Elk Ridge west of Blandi... (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) A view across the forested high country of Elk Ridge with the Bears Ears formation i... | Courtesy Josh Ewing Utah trust lands officials will auction a 391-acre piece of Comb Ridge at its Oct. 19 auction in Salt...