Trump shrinks two Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah

President Trump signed executive orders to reduce the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments located in Utah. During an Oval Office signing, Trump stated that this action returns more land to the people of Utah than the previous reduction. The dimensions of these specific national monuments have experienced fluctuations, as the President continues to shrink the protected areas through these new official mandates to alter their original boundaries.