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President Bill Clinton established the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996. It was previously the largest national monument in the country. President Trump has also slashed the Bears Ears National Monument by about a million acres — to roughly 15 percent of its original size. It’s not just rivers and watersheds this administration is putting in jeopardy. Mining rights are back open in places previous administrations where trying to save for future generations.
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