"President Donald Trump signed orders Monday that significantly reduce the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, marking the largest ever withdrawal of federally protected lands in the U.S., experts say, and an act likely to face a furious legal challenge."
"Mr. Trump is expected to act later this week on the rest of Mr. Zinke’s recommendations, which include downsizing or making less restrictive protections on five other land monuments and three in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans."
Wall Street Journal - Trump Orders Large Cuts to 2 National Monuments in Utah. Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante were established as protected lands by Obama and Clinton.
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