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 challenges and differing viewpoints.

President Donald Trump is reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah. The move to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments unravels protections…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Revisiting actions from his first term that were reversed, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will scale back the Bears Ears and Grand…