Trump slashes the size of two Utah national monuments

Source: Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump signed ​orders on Monday that slashed the ‌size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow ​for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and ​other resource development in the region.

The proclamations ⁠reduced the Bears Ears National Monument ​to 121,100 acres from 1.36 million ​acres, and cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to 181,500 acres from 1.87 million acres.

Trump made ​the announcement at the White House ​alongside Utah Governor Spencer Cox and the state's two ‌U.S. ⁠senators, Mike Lee and John Curtis.

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Trump reduced the ​size of the monuments during ​his ⁠first term, and they were later expanded by former President Joe Biden despite opposition ⁠from ​Utah state officials.

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