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Proposed bill escalates debate over expanding and reducing national monuments

By Kristine Kim
February 08, 2021 12:00 AM
Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, both R-Utah, are working to pass the Protecting Utah's Rural Economy Act, a bill that aims to stop presidents from reducing or expanding any more national monuments in Utah.
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Downsized national monuments threaten Native American history, opponents say

By Erin Tapahe
December 20, 2018 12:00 AM
The House on Fire ruins is one of the 100,000 archeological sites located at Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. (Erin Tapahe)
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Utahns discuss effects of shrinking Bears Ears

By Camille Baker
January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump holds up a signed proclamation to shrink the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments at the Utah State Capitol Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Trump traveled to Salt Lake City to announce plans to shrink two sprawling national monuments in Utah in a move that will delight the state's GOP politicians and many rural residents who see the lands as prime examples of federal overreach, but will enrage tribes and environmentalist groups who vow to immediately sue to preserve the monuments. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Utahns oppose new national monument

By Jenna Barratt
September 15, 2015 12:00 AM
A new poll shows the majority of Utahns oppose the creation of a new national monument in Utah, among rumors that President Obama may create several monuments in the western United States before he leaves office in 2016.
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