Trump cuts nearly 3 million acres from 2 Utah national monuments

President Trump has ordered major reductions to two Utah national monuments—Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears. The cuts affect nearly three million acres, removing protection from more than ninety percent of each monument's territory, per Axios. The stated goal is to open lands for mining and drilling, though officials and conservation groups question whether extraction is economically viable on most of the affected areas.

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