Thoughts on Bears Ears, December 2017: Archaeology

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published December 12, 2017 at 9:02 AM MST

President Trump’s decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument by about 85 percent is drawing reactions from across the region. After the decision was announced, Crow Canyon Archeological Center in Cortez released a statement condemning the president’s decision. Crow Canyon does not have active excavations in the Bears Ears but they use data and artifacts from the area in their research. To learn more about Crow Canyon’s stance, KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with Mark Varien, Executive Vice President of Crow Canyon's Research Institute.

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Austin Cope

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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