Thursday, July 16, 2026 — Tribal leaders condemn Trump’s downsizing of Utah national monuments

Bears Ears National Monument (Photo by Tim Peterson). President Donald Trump, once again, reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah on Monday. Both monuments were downsized by about 90% opening up nearly three million acres to resource developers. Several tribes have cultural and sacred ties to the respective monument areas and have been fighting to…