Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Monument Shrinkage
By Utah News Staff · September 3, 2026 · 1 min read
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A coalition of environmental groups is filing a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from reducing the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The groups allege that the president's plan to shrink the monuments by approximately three million acres violates the Antiquities Act.
Key takeaways
Environmental groups are suing to stop the Trump administration from shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
The White House seeks to reduce the monument sizes by about three million acres.
The Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club claim the president's decision violates the Antiquities Act.
The groups are reviving a lawsuit originally filed in 2017.
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The White House intends to reduce the monuments by approximately three million acres.
The lawsuit, which includes the Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club, claims the president violated the Antiquities Act. This legal action revives a lawsuit from 2017, which was the previous instance the president decided to shrink the area.
