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White House sparks uncertainty over fate of two major California national monuments

AOL 18 Mar 2025
When initially released, the fact sheet listed a bullet point stating ... During his first term, Trump significantly reduced two national monuments in Utah, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, cutting more than 1.9m acres from their boundaries ... .
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Opinion: Utah wanted the feds to “get out,” but Trump’s draconian cuts are hitting home

Denver Post 18 Mar 2025
I have a home in southern Utah, in Torrey, gateway to Capitol Reef National Park ... President Trump is also considering once more eviscerating national monument protection for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears in southern Utah.
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Writers on the Range: It’s still the West against itself

Vail Daily 17 Mar 2025
A cattle drive on Smokey Mountain road in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.Stephen Trimble/Courtesy photo ... for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears in southern Utah.
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Confusion clouds the fate of two new California monuments

The Los Angeles Times 16 Mar 2025
... reduced the boundaries of two monuments in UtahBears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — and stripped protections from a marine monument off the coast of New England to allow commercial fishing.
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'It could be grim': Public lands advocates worry DOGE cuts are precursor to privatization

Azcentral 12 Mar 2025
Trump ordered the largest reversal of land monument protections in American history in 2017 when he signed an order to reduce Bears Ears National Monument in Utah by 85% and cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante in half.
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