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Report: Trump to cut crucial landscapes out of Grand Staircase and Bears Ears

Leaked maps show redrawn boundaries for Utah monuments that President Trump will unveil during Monday’s visit to Utah.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) The two buttes that make up the namesake for the Bears Ears National Monument reveal the vast landscape surrounding them as part of the 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah protected by President Barack Obama on Dec. 28, 2016. A Washington Post report Thursday said President Donald Trump intend to reduce the monument by 85 percent when he visits Utah next week.