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The US has acknowledged Bears Ears and Grand Staircase as sacred for over a century, but keeps stripping away protections

President Donald Trump signed proclamations on July 13, 2026, cutting the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90% – meaning nearly 3 million acres will lose monument status and revert to ordinary public lands management in September. The Antiquities Act of 1906 requires presidents…

The Conversation

Utah's Representatives Sold Off-Roaders, Hunters, Campers, And Their Constituents Out With Latest Attack on Public Lands

A host of Utah's elected representatives recently worked with the Trump Administration to, once again, shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Parks by 90%, selling out their constituents and selling them a lie that you couldn't do anything, when the only thing barred was mining extraction and development.

RideApart

Cyclists have fewer options for safe riding in US national monuments as Trump removes protections

Changes made will put the squeeze on trail riders and bikepacking routes

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'I'm Very Happy About This' Trump Celebrates Slashing 3 Million Acres of Land As Tribes Lose Sacred Homeland To Mining

President Trump signed proclamations reducing Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments by 90%, sparking legal challenges and tribal outrage over the loss of protected lands.

International Business Times UK

Trump Utah Monuments Size Reduction Puts Sacred Tribal Land and Mineral Wealth on Collision Course

Native American coalition leaders are heartbroken after Donald Trump used executive powers to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments.

International Business Times UK

What to know about Trump's order shrinking the size of two national monuments in Utah

US President Trump reduced Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. These actions reversed prior proclamations made by President Biden. The Antiquities Act allows presidents to create and reshape protected federal lands. Previous presidents have also diminished national monument boundaries over time. This ongoing debate highlights public land management…

The Economic Times

Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industry

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Trump again shrinks two national monuments reducing their size by another million acres each

This move directly challenges proclamations by his predecessors

The Independent UK

Trump reduces the size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management

President Donald Trump is reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah

The Independent UK

Trump gets the OK to end protections for national monuments, from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon

President has taken steps to shrink monuments in the past, including Utah’s Bears Ears

The Independent UK

BLM Set to Close Countless Off-Road Trails, Gives Shady Politicians What They Want

After years of Washington infighting, fights between Presidents, state authorities, tribal councils, and more, the BLM has put forward a draft of its management plan for Bears Ears National Monument.

RideApart

Court dismisses challenge to Biden's restoration of Utah monuments shrunk by Trump

A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Utah challenging President Joe Biden’s restoration of two sprawling national monuments that were downsized by former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Tribal leaders and feds reestablish Bears Ears Commission

Federal officials and tribal nations have formally reestablished a commission to jointly govern the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah

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