DAILYCALLER (John Loftus) - Outdoor Retail Giant Sues Trump For Shrinking Two National Monuments
‘Liberals, MAGA voters and everyone in between support public lands’
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - Mining Claims Staked on Land Cut From Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments
Prospectors are eyeing mineral deposits within the former boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah.
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument
President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah
Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
AXIOS (Erin Alberty) - Trump cuts nearly 3 million acres from 2 Utah national monuments
President Trump is decimating both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments. Why it matters: Monday's orders reduce protections on nearly 3 million acres in southern Utah , affecting more than 90% of each monument's area. Driving the news: Grand Staircase-Escalante will lose nearly 1.7 of its 1.87 million acres - Bears Ears ' 1.36 million acres will be reduced to about 121,000. The big picture: The cuts are far more drastic than in 2017, when Trump eliminated almost half of Grand Staircase-Escalante and 85% of Bears Ears in what was then the largest reduction of federal land protections in U.S. history. - The Biden administration restored the previous boundaries in 2021 and added 12,000 acres to Bears Ears.…