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Preserving Utah's cultural heritage Led by the Navajo, several tribes are pursuing conservation status for 1.9 million acres of la Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Fall leaves at peak color on the east side of the Abajo Mountains west of Monticello in San Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Anasazi grinding stone with assorted pottery chards and 700 year old corn cobs in a canyon Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Backpackers take shade under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in San Juan Count Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Fossils embeded in rock in Dark Canyon Wilderness in San Juan County. The area is included Carolyn Kaster | AP file photo President Barack Obama. Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP file photo Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Courtesy | House Committee on Natural Resources Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah. Tribune file photo Photographer explores the high forested plateau country near the Bear's Ears in San Juan County. The area is i Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune An Anasazi tower ruin perches on the rim of a sandstone canyon in the Cedar Mesa area in San Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Backpacker explores an Anasazi ruin under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in S Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Anasazi ruin under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in San Juan County. The ar