President Trump reduces size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
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Donald Trump
Utah, USA
December 2017
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President Donald Trump is reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah by approximately 90%. The decision reverses protections for areas with unique archaeological and historical features. The move is part of a broader Republican effort to expand oil and gas drilling and logging on federal lands.
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