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Lands that Trump cut from Bears Ears were opened to mining claims last week. Prospectors filed 16 that same day.

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Lands that Trump cut from Bears Ears were opened to mining claims last week. Prospectors filed 16 that same day.
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Utah News spotted this story published September 17, 2026 at moabtimes.com. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. It didn’t take long for the first mining claims to crop up on the lands that were previously protected in Bears Ears National Monument.

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