Utah citizens and politicians took to social media Monday in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s visit to announce major changes to two of the state’s national monuments.
Sources familiar with the trip confirmed Tuesday that Trump plans to announce that he’ll shrink both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments today. The Washington Post obtained leaked documents Tuesday that suggest Trump will strip protections from two of the nation’s most scientifically significant landscapes, the Kaiparowits Plateau and Cedar Mesa. The order likely came from recommendations Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made earlier this year.