Tribes are ‘willing to go into battle’ if Trump makes Utah’s Bears Ears monument smaller

With Interior’s recommendations on 27 national monuments now in the president’s hands, tribes and other advocates say they’re ready to defend Bears Ears, Grand Staircase in court.<br>

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Parts of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument reveal the vast landscape of the 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah protected by President Barack Obama on Dec. 28, 2016.