Trump To Take Aim At Utah's National Monuments, Reversing Predecessors' Legacies
President Trump on Monday is expected to announce that his administration will dramatically shrink two large national monuments that protect hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Utah.
by Kirk Siegler
Dec 04, 2017
3 minutes
President Trump travels to Utah Monday where he's expected to announce his administration will dramatically shrink the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
The visit caps months of speculation and a controversial review of the boundaries of large national monuments that protect more than 100,000 acres of U.S. public land. The review, conducted by Trump's Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, originally looked at more than two dozen designated by presidential decree since
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