{"id":16701,"date":"2026-07-14T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16701"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:32:52","slug":"trump-slashes-the-size-of-two-utah-national-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16701","title":{"rendered":"Trump slashes the size of two Utah national monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump signed \u200corders on Monday that slashed the size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and other resource development in the region, the \u200bWhite House said.<br>The proclamations reduced the Bears Ears National Monument to 121,100 acres (49,000 \u200bhectares) from 1.36 million acres, and cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument \u2060to 181,500 acres from 1.87 million acres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827-1536x984.png 1536w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152827.png 1597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental group Earthjustice said it would take legal \u200baction &#8220;to maintain protections for these treasured landscapes.&#8221;<br>Trump made the announcement at the White House alongside \u200bUtah Governor Spencer Cox and the state&#8217;s two U.S. senators, Mike Lee and John Curtis, all Republicans.<br>&#8220;We&#8217;re doing something very dramatic and very important for the people of Utah, and the people of our \u200bcountry, because many people use it,&#8221; Trump said.<br>Trump reduced the size of the monuments during \u200bhis first term, and they were later expanded by former President Joe Biden despite opposition from Utah state \u200cofficials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837-1536x959.png 1536w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260714152837.png 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bears \u2060Ears was established by former President Barack Obama in 2016. The monument, named for twin buttes that resemble a bear&#8217;s head on the horizon, is home to cultural and archaeological sites that are sacred to several Native American tribes.<br>Grand Staircase-Escalante was established in 1996 by \u200bformer President Bill Clinton. \u200bNumerous dinosaur fossils \u2060have been found in the monument, known for its colorful rock formations, over the last two decades.<br>Trump has previously dismissed the importance \u200bof environmental and cultural conservation projects.<br>Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat whose \u200bstate, New \u2060Mexico, borders southern Utah, criticized the president&#8217;s move.<br>&#8220;Time and again, this administration has put the interests of billionaires and powerful industries ahead of America&#8217;s public lands and the people who own \u2060them,&#8221; \u200bHeinrich said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump signed \u200corders on Monday that slashed the size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and other resource development in the region, the \u200bWhite House said.The proclamations reduced the Bears Ears National Monument to 121,100 acres (49,000 \u200bhectares) from 1.36 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1754,1724,3626],"class_list":["post-16701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-president","tag-trump","tag-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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