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July 16, 2026

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

By MATTHEW BROWN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Associated Press

AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File [enlarge]
A hiker watches a waterfall at Lower Calf Creek Falls at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

SALT LAKE CITY — Revisiting actions from his first term that were reversed, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will scale back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.


 
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