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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recommended fully restoring protections to three national monuments that former President Trump
She reportedly recommended the changes to the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in Utah, as well as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of Massachusetts.
Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears, designated by former President Obama, by about 85 percent, and Grand Staircase-Escalante, designated by former President Clinton, by nearly half.
He also decided to allow commercial fishing in the marine monument.
Two sources told The Post of Haaland’s recommendations. They also said that the White House hasn’t made a final decision, but that President Biden