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The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
(GSENM) is a
United States national monument that originally designated 1,880,461 acres
(7,610 km2)[1]
of protected land in southern
Utah in 1996. The
monument's size was later reduced by a succeeding
presidential proclamation in 2017. The land is among the most remote in the
country; it was the last to be mapped in the
contiguous United States.[3]
There are three main regions: the
Grand Staircase, the
Kaiparowits Plateau, and the
Canyons of the Escalante (Escalante
River). All regions are administered by the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of the
National Conservation Lands system.
President
Bill
Clinton designated the area as a national monument in 1996 using his
authority under the
Antiquities Act. Grand Staircase-Escalante is the largest national monument
managed by the BLM.
On December 4, 2017, President
Donald
Trump ordered that the monument's size be reduced by nearly 47 percent to
1,003,863 acres (4,062 km2),[3]
with the remainder broken up into three separate areas, two of which border one
another along the
Paria
River.[4][5]
Conservation, angling, hunting, and outdoor recreation groups have filed suit to
block any reduction in the national monument, arguing that the president has no
legal authority to materially shrink a national monument.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Staircase-Escalante_National_Monument
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August 24: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
recommended Thursday that President Trump alter at least three national
monuments established by his immediate predecessors, including two in Utah, a
move expected to reshape federal land and water protections and certain to
trigger major legal fights.
In a report Zinke submitted to the White House, the secretary recommended
reducing the size of Utah’s Bears
Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, as well as Oregon’s
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, according to multiple individuals briefed on
the decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/24/interior-secretary-recommends-trump-alter-a-handful-of-national-monuments-but-declines-to-reveal-which-ones/?utm_term=.4720d812aff5
December 4:
Trump Slashes Size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/trump-bears-ears.html
December 31: Trump's decision to shrink size
of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument could impact hundreds of bee
species
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a federally protected area found
in central southern Utah. It is about 1.9 million acres and one of the top
locations for bee diversity in the United States.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/trumps-decision-to-shrink-size-of-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument-could-impact-hundreds-of-bee-species/70007004
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September 24: Bears Ears,
Grand Staircase lawsuits will stay in D.C., as judge rejects Trump
administration motion to move them to Utah
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled Monday that the suits,
filed by environmental groups and tribes that say Trump didn’t have the
authority to diminish the monuments' footprint, should be heard in federal
court in Washington.
Neda Culver ..."National monuments belong to all Americans and not
just individual states or the special interest groups that would exploit them
for mining, drilling and development,” Culver said.
“In attempting to slash vast swaths of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and
Bears Ears national monuments, Trump has not only flaunted 112 years of
conservation history, he has acted to revoke protections for culturally,
historically and archaeologically significant national treasures and exceeded
his authority under the U.S. Constitution and the Antiquities Act of 1906. We
look forward to proving that in court.”
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/24/bears-ears-grand/
October 12: Utah files to support Trump’s
diminished national monuments
Worried that the original monument designation may stand, Utah wants to jump
into the fray.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/utah-files-to-support-trumps-diminished-national-monuments
December 4: One Year After Trump Shrank Two
Utah Monuments, More Than Half a Million Comments Weigh in on Future Plans
While both monuments have faced some local opposition, they're generally
supported by environmental groups, tribes, and scientists. Trump's decision to
downsize the monuments last year followed a review of 27 monuments by the
Department of the Interior (DOI), during which the DOI received more than a
million comments, at least 99 percent of which opposed weakening monument
protections.
"These hasty plans represent an abrupt and drastic reversal of 22 years of
conservation management," Nicole Croft, executive director of Grand
Staircase–Escalante Partners, said in a statement. "They do not represent
thoughtful, responsible stewardship, but rather a pillaging of our national
resources."
Advocacy groups say the half million comments on the new monument plans
represent an unprecedented show of interest. "The number of
public comments submitted to the BLM and Forest Service indicate strong support
for national monuments and public lands across the United States," Mark Maryboy
of Utah Diné Bikéyah, a grassroots Native American organization, said in a
statement. "The people have spoken and we all want Bears Ears protections
restored."
https://psmag.com/news/one-year-after-trump-shrank-two-utah-monuments-more-than-half-a-million-comments-weigh-in-on-future-plans
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January 15:
A diminished monument
Trump cut Grand Staircase-Escalante nearly in half to spur a mining boom. But
those lost protections may not yield big profits.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/environment/will-anyone-mine-after-grand-staircase-escalante-reduction-by-trump/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.89850bafb4b4
March 4: The Theft of Grand
Staircase–Escalante
In 2017, the Trump administration announced that it was shrinking the iconic
Utah national monument by nearly 50 percent. Leath Tonino devised a sketchy
200-mile solo desert trek, following the path of the legendary cartographer who
literally put these contentious canyons on the map.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2391192/grand-staircase-escalante-trump
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