Updated June 14
Interior secretary urges Biden to fully protect 3 national monuments weakened by Trump
Trump permitted commercial fishing on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, and removed most federal protections there.
By Juliet Eilperin and Joshua PartlowThe Washington Post
Native American tribes are fighting to protect Bears Ears in Utah. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has recommended in a confidential report that President Biden restore full protections to three national monuments diminished by President Donald Trump, including Utah’s Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and a huge marine reserve off New England. The move, described by two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it was not yet public, would preserve about 5 million acres of federal land and water.