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Former President Trump, however, later reduced the size of the monument by 85 percent, prompting backlash from environmental groups and Native tribes and praise from many state leaders long opposed to the designation.
President Biden ordered a review of the monument’s boundaries following the reduction under Trump, and on Wednesday, Haaland met with leaders from the Navajo Nation, the Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute, the Hopi Tribe and the Zuni Tribe to hear about the significance of the monument that is the ancestral home to many of the southwestern tribes.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez was among the leaders and called for a restoration of the monument’s original boundaries and a possible expansion to 1.9 million acres.
Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
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