See photos of canyons, creeks, mountains, and mesas illegally cut out of Bears Ears National Monument in 2026.

Following the reduction of Bears Ears National Monument, 16 new mining claims were filed in key recreation areas like Lockhart Basin.

On December 28, 2016, President Obama issued Proclamation 9558, which established the Bears Ears National Monument (Monument) in the State of Utah; reserved approximately 1.35 million acres of Federal ...

Sixteen claims follow the president opening up most of the reserve sacred to Native Americans to mining and drilling.

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President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reducing Bears Ears National Monument by 91%, from 1.3 million acres to roughly 121,000 acres. Conservation groups, including Patagonia, have reactivated a ...

As the battle over America’s public lands rages on, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are once again in the line of fire. On Tuesday, June 23, the 10th Circuit Court of ...

Piling on to Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon attempt to rip up the national monument’s land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process with five Tribal Nations ...

RIGHTSIZING UTAH NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Proclamations modifying two Utah national monuments, the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante ...

In July 2026, Donald Trump removed monument protections from about 2.93 million acres at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah. On September 11, the excluded lands became eligible for new ...

Monday morning, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments stretched across over 3 million acres of public lands in southern Utah, protecting some of the country’s most remote ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Donald Trump has once again reduced the size of two of the ...