WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. Environmental protections at all three monuments had […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Elected officials believe a decision on restoring the boundaries of two Utah national monuments could be coming soon. State lawmakers said this week that they believe the Biden administration will recommend restoring the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments to their original […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah congressional delegation has requested a meeting with President Joe Biden before he makes his final decision on whether the boundaries of two sprawling national monuments in Utah should be restored. The delegation of Utah Republicans sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made her recommendation about whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah. But details on her decision have not been released. A court filing Thursday in a legal battle that began more […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is planning to visit Salt Lake City next week as part of a tour of several Western states. The White House said Friday that Biden will travel to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas on Wednesday and then go to Fort […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Utah this week before submitting a review on national monuments in the state. Residents there have both staunchly supported establishing and increasing the size of national monuments, and fiercely rallied against them. Haaland is the latest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is planning to visit Utah next month before submitting a review on whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments in the state, the agency announced Wednesday. Haaland is expected to submit the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The Bureau of Land Management has proposed developing a parking lot and making other changes at a heavily used hiking trail in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that about 8,000 people annually pay a day-use fee […]
