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Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Shrinking of National Monuments
By Utah News Staff · September 3, 2026 · 1 min read
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A coalition of environmental groups is suing to prevent the Trump administration from reducing the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The groups claim 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 aims to reduce the monuments by about three million acres.
The lawsuit revives a legal challenge from 2017.
The Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club claim the president violated the Antiquities Act.
A coalition of environmental groups is suing to stop the Trump administration from shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, according to a September 3 report.
The White House intends to shrink the monuments by approximately three million acres.
The Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and other organizations are reviving a lawsuit from 2017. This legal action follows the last time President Trump decided to shrink the area.
The groups involved in the lawsuit claim that the president violated the Antiquities Act.
