The U.S. government implemented final management plans Thursday for two national monuments in Utah that President Trump downsized. AdvertisementMarket dynamics have limited the interest in a large coal reserve located on the now unprotected lands cut from Grand Staircase and uranium on lands cut from Bears Ears. AdvertisementTrump cut the size of the monuments following review of 27 national monuments by then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. President Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996 on lands home to cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and arches in southern Utah. In 2016, President Obama created Bears Ears National Monument, a scenic swath of southern Utah with red rock plateaus, cliffs and canyons, on land considered sacred to tribes.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2020 19:07 UTC