The cuts amount to nearly 3 million acres across Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears.
(Doug Mills | The New York Times) President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order reducing the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, July 13, 2026. Behind Trump, from left, are U.S. Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee, Gov. Spencer Cox, and House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper.