Biden to expand Bears Ears and other national monuments, reversing Trump cuts, White House says - The Washington Post

The decision will restore full protections to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and reinstate fishing restrictions in a marine monument off New England…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/07/bears-ears-biden-monument/

Revealed: the full extent of Trump’s ‘meat cleaver’ assault on US wilderness

After four years of Trump, protected places such as national monuments and wildlife refuges have opened to oil drilling, new maps show – with more on the way....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/oct/26/revealed-trump-public-lands-oil-drilling

Trump will allow drilling, mining in once-protected monuments - The Washington Post

The Interior Department finalized plans Thursday to permit drilling, mining and grazing in areas of southern Utah that had once been protected as two national monuments, sparking an outcry from tribal groups and conservationists. The decision comes more than two years after Trump dramatically cut the size of the monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and is likely to intensify a legal fight over the contested sites. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/06/trump-administration-will-allow-drilling-logging-sensitive-federal-lands-utah/

Navajo Didn't Support Shrinking Bears Ears - FactCheck.org

Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke claimed the Navajo people who "live close" to Bears Ears National Monument "were all in support" of President Donald Trump's decision to shrink the protected land. But tribe representatives told us that's false. In fact, the Navajo Nation and other indigenous tribes have sued the federal government over the president's decision. ....
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/navajo-didnt-support-shrinking-bears-ears/

'The President Stole Your Land,' outdoor gear company Patagonia takes a big swing at Trump -- CNBC

Patagonia, an American outdoor clothing and gear retailer, slammed President Donald Trump after he announced plans to shrink two Utah national monuments. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/04/the-president-stole-your-land-outdoor-gear-company-patagonia-takes-a-big-swing-at-trump.html

Trump to sign executive order putting two decades of national monuments in jeopardy

The president will order a review of monument designations despite strong public support for protected lands....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-order-puts-monuments-in-jeopardy-7eb59371d5ff