Salt Lake City • Utah’s governor says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signaled he’s recommending that President Donald Trump shrink Utah’s two-decade old Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Gov. Gary Herbert said at a press conference on KUED-TV Thursday that he doesn’t know specifically what Zinke recommended for the 1.9-million acre (7,700-square kilometer) area or Utah’s new Bears Ears National Monument.
Trump asked Zinke to review 27 sprawling land and sea areas to see if past presidents misused their powers under a law allowing them to protect the spaces as monuments.