"Trump orders an end to agreement with Native American tribes on managing Bears Ears"
"Two coalitions of Native American tribes emphasized Tuesday that they weren’t consulted before President Donald Trump downsized Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90%.
Autumn Gillard, coordinator for the Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition, said during a news conference that the group “had received zero consultation” before Trump ordered the dramatic reductions in a pair of executive orders Monday.
Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation, which stood behind Trump in the Oval Office as he signed the orders, has long condemned the monuments as too expansive and the wrong way of managing the land. They’ve noted the sweeping protections, established by Democratic presidents, came despite opposition from state leaders and several neighboring rural Utah communities."
Annie Knox reports for the Utah News Dispatch July 14, 2026.
