Salt Lake Tribune. "In the coming three months, President Donald Trump is expected to issue a trade decision that could make or break the U.S. uranium-mining industry with implications for southeastern Utah;" mining near Bears Ears and Grand Canyon National Park will become more feasible.
NPR: KNAU. San Juan County officially withdraws as an "objecting intervenor to lawsuits filed by conservation and tribal groups challenging President Donald Trump's downsizing the monument in 2017." The Commission has changed their position on the issue since the election of the new commissioners last fall.
Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) Press Release. “After today’s hearing, the Administration should know that we’re serious about getting to the bottom of their decision to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante.”