The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are deserving” of such status.

Conservation groups gathered to support two national monuments, opposing a plan by the Trump administration to open lands to ...

The Justice Department issued a new opinion arguing President Trump can revoke national monument status, the latest step in a yearslong battle over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

President Donald Trump has broad authority to revoke protected land designated as national monuments by past presidents, the Justice Department said in a new legal opinion.

President Donald Trump’s administration appears poised to rescind some of the national monuments created by past presidents. The U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday ...

President Joe Biden speaks at the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument signing ceremony in Eagle County on Oct. 12, 2022. Local officials, conservationists and policy experts say the ...

Bears Ears National Monument, as Obama designated it, was 1.35 million acres. It will now be just 220,000 acres.

President Donald Trump’s administration appears poised to rescind some of the national monuments created by past presidents. The U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday, June 10 ...

Biden in turn restored Bears Ears and other monuments that shrunk under Trump. With Republican majorities in both houses, he could have more luck in his second term, though scores of national ...

In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a national monument. In 2017, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reducing Bears Ears by 80% of its total designated size.

In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a national monument. In 2017, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reducing Bears Ears by 80% of its total designated size.