When shrinking Bears Ears National Monument, the Trump admin claimed that recreation at the site was impossible. ​ In a NY times story, Steve Bloch with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance notes the admin was “lying or spreading misinformation about these fantastic public lands” to justify its cuts.​

Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

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More places in Bears Ears National Monument stripped of national monument protections on July 13, 2026. See for yourself at photos.app.goo.gl/EFWSkuUYVPJU...

An article from @nytimes.com shining a light on the lies President Trump told, the day he shrunk Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Read it now: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/c...

Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument (Gift Article)

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

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i bring a sort of ‘i fear neither pain nor death’ energy to the pedestrian/driver interaction that drivers don’t really like

My ideal sleep setup is one flatter pillow and one thicker pillow like they’re an old timey comedy duo.

"SUWA, @earthjustice.org, and other organizations have publicly stated that they will challenge these reductions in court. "Congress did not give the president the authority to undo national monuments. It was the power to create, not destroy," - Steve Bloch." www.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-f...

A New Fight Over National Monuments Emerges in Utah

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are once again threatened by a major downsizing

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joining the war on taco bell on the side of taco bell

This is what the Abundance “movement” wants, let’s be clear:

molly taft@mollytaft.com · 2w ago

NEW: the trump administration is quietly pushing to change rules that could give the public much less advance notice when a polluting facility comes to their neighborhoods the move comes as communities across the country mobilize against data centers and the gas turbines and diesel engines some use

A great round-up of Monday's Statewide Day of Action from the @westernpriorities.org! Huge thanks to everyone who joined us - they'll be many more opportunities in the future. westwise.substack.com/p/were-power...?

"We're powered by love": Utahns gather across the state to show support for national monuments

Rallies held from Ogden to Bluff illustrate broad support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in Utah

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“You can abolish a commission, you can redraw a boundary, but you cannot erase our prayers from this land. You cannot erase the footprints of our ancestors from this land. You cannot erase us. We are still here.” From @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/bea...

Bears Ears cuts also end first-of-its-kind tribal land commission  - High Country News

A presidential proclamation slashed the monument by 90% despite a promise to involve tribes.

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Hundreds turned out across the state to protest the shrinking of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

Nearly a thousand people gathered across the state Monday afternoon and evening to protest the loss of monument protections for nearly three million acres of federal land across southern Utah.

Hundreds gathered in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 20, 2026, to protest the shrinking of two national monuments. (Photos by Trent Nelson)

We’re not powered by grievance,” Braden with @protectwildutah said. “We’re powered by love of place and just wanting to see these places protected.”

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 2w ago

Nearly a thousand people Utahns gathered across the state to protest the loss of protections for nearly three million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3w ago

“If Utah’s political class can’t be on the right side,” the editorial board writes, “the least they can do is be quiet and stay out of the photos.”

Slight change of plans. We've cancelled the event in Bountiful due to some unexpected planning hiccups, but have added an event in Ogden. Join us on Monday in the town nearest you! See you then.

You thought Trump I's shrinkage of Utah national monuments was bad? This time it's far, far worse... www.landdesk.org/p/trump-slas...

Trump slashes nearly 3 million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments

It's far, far worse than the last time Trump took his Sharpie to cherished public lands

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How President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase open.substack.com/pub/westwise...

How President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

Lies about the correct size of a monument, the history of the Antiquities Act, and hunting and fishing access were all used to justify the downsizing

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@protectwildutah.bsky.social will be suing: suwa.org/suwa-stateme...

SUWA Statement on Trump’s Illegal Reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante & Bears Ears National Monuments - 7.13.26

July 13, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Trump’s illegal reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante & Bears Ears National Monuments – 7.13.26  Actions are reckless and unlawful, taken at t...

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3w ago

On Monday, Donald Trump signed executive orders reducing Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears by nearly 3 million acres. Gov. Spencer Cox called it “a big day for Utah.” Environmental groups are calling it “illegal.”

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 President Trump just signed two executive orders reducing Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by a combined 3 million acres, according to media reports. Below is a statement from SUWA Executive Director, Scott Braden. Stay tuned for next steps.

Which is why @protectwildutah.bsky.social will be suing over this dissemination of the monuments: suwa.org/suwa-stateme...

SUWA Statement on Trump’s Illegal Reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante & Bears Ears National Monuments - 7.13.26

July 13, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on Trump’s illegal reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante & Bears Ears National Monuments – 7.13.26  Actions are reckless and unlawful, taken at t...

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3w ago

Presidents have power to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act. The act does not say anything about reducing or eliminating them, though.

More on monument reductions from the @nytimes.com. SUWA Executive Director, Scott Braden is quoted: “We are confident that President Trump’s reckless and unlawful acts will be rejected and the monuments restored.” Read the full article: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/c...

Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah (Gift Article)

Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

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A GOP Senator has died. No, not that one, a different one.

The BLM is rushing forward on travel management plans for two very different but spectacular areas: Trail Canyon and Dinosaur North. ACT NOW TO PROTECT BOTH PLACES. Trail Canyon: suwa.quorum.us/campaign/165... Dinosaur North: suwa.quorum.us/campaign/165... Comment period ends July 22.

Was in Maine most of last week:

“We will work tirelessly to make sure that there is in fact a swift end to this litigation and that Utah politicians’ misguided attacks on the monuments end up atop the trash pile of bad ideas where they belong,” SUWA's Steve Bloch writes in an op-ed.

Voices: The courts have upheld the Antiquities Act for generations. Utah won’t change that.

“We will work tirelessly to make sure that there is in fact a swift end to this litigation and that Utah politicians’ misguided attacks on the monuments end up atop the trash pile of bad ideas where they belong,” SUWA's Steve Bloch writes in an op-ed.

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It would be cool if they applied this same energy to winning elections against Republicans.

Axios@axios.com · last mo.

"There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack

The BLM is accepting public comments on a proposal to sell 44 parcels spanning more than 74,000 acres of public land in Utah for oil and gas development. This sale is an especially bad one for redrock country. 📣 ACT NOW 📣 suwa.quorum.us/campaign/164... Comment period ends Thursday, July 16!

A candidate you supported losing the primary sucks but I’ve never quite gotten the ”woe as me gonna go cry about how nothing matters” shit people do. 1 candidate shouldn’t be your whole political identity Tomorrow we support the nominees who won and we flip some seats in November