Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections for national monuments spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people familiar with the matter and an internal ...

With less than two weeks left in his presidency, President Joe Biden designated two new national monuments in the West. Biden ...

An opinion released by the Office of Legal Counsel concludes the president can abolish national monuments declared by past administrations.

Conservation groups gathered to support two national monuments, opposing a plan by the Trump administration to open lands to ...

Trump may shrink 2 Utah national monuments to expand mining and drilling in the West, per report The Washington Post reported the president is also eyeing reductions for national monuments in ...

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of land ...

They cover more than a quarter of the nation and large parts of the West. Some are crisscrossed by hiking ... as have moves to turn them into protected national parks and monuments. Research ...

In April, the Washington Post reported that Interior Department officials were actively considering scaling back protections for six national monuments in the West, including two in Arizona, Ironwood ...

Interior Department officials are considering scaling back the boundaries of national monuments in the West to encourage energy development on public lands. Updated April 24, 2025.

Supporters of Arizona's national monuments rallied at two sites, one in Tucson and one near the Grand Canyon, to protest a plan by the Trump administration to open the land to mining.