After President Donald Trump reduced the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Rep. Chris Stewart proposed a bill that would, in part, turn a piece of it into Utah’s sixth national park.
State lawmakers suggested Thursday that they’d rather see it become Utah’s newest state park.
“We do as good of a job, if not better, on our state parks,” said Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab. “It would be a better opportunity for us, as Utahns, to present our state.”
It would also mean Utah controlling and managing the land, not the federal government.