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Judge reopens lawsuits challenging cuts of Bears Ears, Grand-Staircase

States Newsroom · October 16, 2026

Legal challenges first filed against President Donald Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments almost a decade ago can move forward after he downsized them once again and more sharply this summer, a federal judge ruled this week in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya…

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Judge reopens lawsuits challenging cuts of Bears Ears, Grand-Staircase

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