Visitors of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah can expect some changes this year.

The secretary of the interior toured a geological wonder near Palm Springs last year that directly led to the creation of California's new national monument.

He reduced the Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 1.5 million acres to 228,784 acres and halved the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from about 2 million acres to 1,006,341 acres.

Shasta as the new Sáttítla National Monument, sources told the USA TODAY ... beginning including Grand Canyon National Park in 1908 and Joshua Tree National Park in 1936. In recent decades ...

However, the main solar energy industry groups working ... introduced legislation to Congress in April to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument. Then in September, Padilla and Butler ...

Many iconic national parks first were designated as monuments, including Grand Canyon National Park ... removed from the original Chuckwalla monument map last spring to steer clear of solar ...

The southernmost tip of Point Loma is where you'll find the Cabrillo National Monument ... San Diego, this monument is much more than just a memorializing effigy. The main reason people make ...

From June to mid-October, visitors are required to take a shuttle bus from the White Rock Visitor Center to access the main visited area of Bandelier National Monument between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from WSW to SW. The overnight low will be 39 °F (3.9 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C). Winds variable at 0 to 9 mph (0 to 14.5 kph). Mostly sunny ...