2026-07-13
President Trump signed proclamations/orders reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. The action reduces the protected land significantly and reverses expansions made by a prior administration.
The center outlets frame the action in terms of undoing prior protections and opening land for uses like mining, emphasizing archaeological and historical value being unraveled. The right outlet frames it as reversing 'Biden-era expansions' and reviving a long-running dispute over presidential authority. Word choices range from 'reduces'/'shrinks' (center) to more forceful 'slashes' (right), while only one center outlet specifies mining as the purpose.
The move to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments unravels protections established by former presidents for areas with unique archaeological and historical features.
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