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President Joe Biden’s order to review Utah monuments leaves options open, but expansion all but certain

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase fates are in balance as West’s public lands wars grind on.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Comb Ridge in Bears Ears National Monument is seen in this file photo. President Joe Biden has initiated a 60-day review of Bears Ears and also of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Former President Donald Trump slashed the size of both monuments and Biden is considering enlarging them.