Federal agency issues proposals for downsized Utah monuments
(WorldNews Environment)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The U.S. government is issuing draft proposals for how it would like to manage two national monuments in Utah that were significantly downsized by President Donald Trump last year in a move that angered conservation and tribal groups and triggered lawsuits. The Bureau of Land Management said in documents posted Wednesday that the agency`s preferred plan among four options for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument would be the `least restrictive to energy and mining development. ......