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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.…

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.…Open

NPR (Ellis Juhlin) - Montana could soon ease restrictions on mining precious metals

Restrictions on mining for precious metals like gold in Montana that were put in place 30 years ago could soon be relaxed as the mining industry makes a comeback in the U.S.

Restrictions on mining for precious metals like gold in Montana that were put in place 30 years ago could soon be relaxed as the mining industry makes a comeback in the U.S.Open

NYTIMES (Elian Peltier, Zia ur-Rehman, Christiaan Triebert, Pablo Robles and Asim Hafeez) - An Insurgency Threatens U.S. Mining Ambitions in Pakistan

Attacks by the Baloch Liberation Army could derail Pakistan’s plans for a billion-dollar mining deal with the Trump administration.

STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS: AMERICA DOES NOT LEAVE ITS OWN BEHIND

This Holy Week and Easter weekend, in the jagged and unforgiving mountains of Iran, the United States executed a rescue operation that will stand as a modern testament to courage, ingenuity, and unyielding resolve. This was not merely a military maneuver it was a moral act. It was the embodiment of a sacred promise between […] The post FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS: AMERICA DOES NOT LEAVE ITS OWN BEHIND appeared first on StoneZone .

This Holy Week and Easter weekend, in the jagged and unforgiving mountains of Iran, the United States executed a rescue operation that will stand as a modern testament to courage, ingenuity, and unyielding resolve. This was not merely a military maneuver it was a moral act. It was the embodiment of a sacred promise between a nation and those who defend it. An American F15 Strike Eagle had been brought down over hostile territory during a period of intensifying conflict. One crew member was recovered quickly. The other, a seasoned weapons systems officer and senior colonel, was left alone in a landscape that might as well have been a battlefield from antiquity. Injured, hunted, and pursued by enemy forces motivated by bounty and ideology,…Open