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Proposed bill escalates debate over expanding and reducing national monuments

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

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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Congressman John Curtis discusses Bears Ears bill in public forum

January 24, 2018 12:00 AM
Congressman John Curtis, UVU professor Scott Williams and Virgil Johnson of the Utah Tribal Leaders Association address the Bears Ears public forum Jan. 23 at the Orem Library. (Savannah Hopkinson)
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Utahns discuss effects of shrinking Bears Ears

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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Obama moves to protect 1.8 million acres of California desert

February 16, 2016 12:00 AM
President Obama declares national monument status to Southern California desert. The desert consists of 1.8 million acres. (Associated Press)
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