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Trump Shrinks Utah Monuments Again | Salt Lake City News
Trump’s latest move slashes protections for two iconic Utah monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, undoing decades of conservation efforts and sparking outrage from tribal nations and environmentalists. While supporters claim the original boundaries stifled economic development, critics warn this opens the door to mining and drilling — and deeply wounds sacred Native American lands. Though the Antiquities Act lets presidents create monuments, its reversals are not unprecedented — and this latest rollback reignites the fierce debate over who should control America’s public lands…
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