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October 8, 2021

Biden Admin Restores Protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
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The Biden administration is restoring federal protections for three
national monuments that were drastically rolled back by Trump to allow
for commercial exploitation and extraction. The monuments are Bears Ears
and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and the Northeast Canyons and
Seamounts off the coast of New England. Over 3.2 million acres will come
back under federal protection in Utah alone.


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