Trump Cuts Protection for Nearly Three Million Acres of Utah’s National Monuments

President Donald Trump has sharply reduced the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, two national monuments in southern Utah known for their extraordinary landscapes, archaeological resources and cultural importance to Native American tribes. The new orders reduce the monuments’ combined protected area by roughly 90%, from more than 3.2 million acres to less than […]

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