President Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to review the Trump administration's downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest.
More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly obtained documents reveal a small county in southeastern Utah paid a consulting firm nearly $500,000 to lobby against the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and for the downsizing of it after it was created.
A newly created advisory committee for the Bears Ears National Monument has come under fire for its lack of representation among those who were proponents of the monument’s designation in the first place.
The land used to be within the boundary of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. President Trump slashed the protected acreage by nearly half last year.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor clothing giant Patagonia and other retailers have jumped into a legal and political battle over President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments, a fight that would scare off most companies but galvanizes customers of out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is strongly disputing a claim by outdoor retailer Patagonia that President Donald Trump "stole" public land by shrinking two national monuments in Utah.
RENO — Defenders of two national monuments in Nevada are vowing to wage a legal battle to protect them if President Donald Trump tries to shrink them like he did in Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Native American leaders say President Donald Trump's move to drastically shrink a Utah national monument is the president's second insult to native people in a week and an offense that tribes will unite to fight.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to downsize a vast new national monument in Utah is creating optimism for opponents of 26 other monuments under review.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted an initial report to the White House Monday on his suggestions for the controversial Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
As Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke winds down his week-long visit to Utah, questions remain about the fate of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
The head of Utah’s public lands office testified before Congress today, saying that national monument designations in Utah have harmed the economy and way of life for communities around them.
In the hopes that the new Bears Ears National Monument will be rescinded, a Utah lawmaker has already introduced a resolution encouraging the state to redesignate a small slice of the area and make it a state park.