Trump Shrinks Utah Monuments

President Trump cuts the size of two Utah monuments, alarming tribes and conservationists.

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Trump Signs Proclamations Reducing Utah National Monument Lands by 3 Million Acres

What to know about Trump's order shrinking the size of 2 national monuments in Utah

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On July 13, President Donald Trump signed proclamations reducing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 3 million acres combined. The action revisits cuts from Trump's first term and reverses Biden-era restorations that had reinstated broader federal protections for both sites. The monuments include ancient cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and canyons in southern Utah, and Bears Ears is sacred to many Native Americans. Utah officials and Republican lawmakers have sought smaller boundaries to shift land-management authority and expand access to coal and uranium deposits.

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