WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders on Monday that slashed the size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized ...

The first Trump administration also tried to reduce the areas of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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A Newsweek map illustrates how the boundaries of the Utah monuments have changed over time.

President Donald Trump signed proclamations this week dramatically slashing the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

President Donald Trump signed an order Monday drastically reducing the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears National Monument. Combined, the lands will shrink by more ...

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President Trump reduced by 90% the size of two national monuments in Utah that were established by Presidents Clinton and Obama.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders slashing two national monuments in Utah to roughly a tenth of their current size, throwing open millions of acres of ...

President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing protections established by his Democratic predecessors on public lands that are sacred among many ...

US President Donald Trump on Monday issued dual executive orders (EOs) reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah containing ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs by nearly three million ...

(AP) — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah have ancient cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and scenic canyons, as well as coal and uranium deposits that state ...