Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes
Calf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCalf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Photograph: George Frey/Getty ImagesThe Antiquities Act gives presidents the power to grant legal protections to sites considered historic, archaeologically significant or culturally important.
- ▪Calf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
- ▪Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCalf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
- ▪Photograph: George Frey/Getty ImagesThe Antiquities Act gives presidents the power to grant legal protections to sites considered historic, archaeologically significant or culturally important.
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Calf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCalf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty ImagesUtahTrump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribesBears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industryCoral Murphy Marcos and agenciesMon 13 Jul 2026 19.45 EDTLast modified on Mon 13 Jul 2026 19.46 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleDonald Trump has approved a sharp reduction in the size of two national monuments in Utah held sacred by many Native Americans, in the…
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