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Trump Shrinks Utah Monuments Again | Tulsa News
Trump’s latest move to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments reignites a decades-old battle over public land management. Reversing Biden’s 2021 restoration, this marks his second attempt to reduce these iconic sites — a pattern that underscores how the Antiquities Act, though meant to shield historic and cultural treasures, has become a political flashpoint. While some tribes view these lands as sacred, others see them as potential mineral-rich territory. The Act, passed in 1906, empowers presidents to protect lands from exploitation — and nearly every…
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