Reductions in the size of two National Monuments. Dan springer is covering this story for us. Dan, i grew up out here in colorado and spent a lot of time in utah. How big of a deal is this out there . Reporter welsh then you know this is not only a big deal in utah, but across all of the western states, as the federal government is, by far, the biggest land owner. Most of these federal monuments there. We are expecting President Trump to say hes shrunk a monument by 83 . President obama created the monument against the wishes of the Utah State Legislature and the congressional delegation. Trump is also expected to cut in half the grand stair case monument which was created by president clinton. These are the first two moves following a recommendation by the interior secretary that four monuments be shrunk and six under go management changes. Many in the rural west view these monuments as a federal land grab. Its just a great victory for rural america. Reporter the monument is said to h
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