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Biden is poised to expand Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments. The real question is by how much?

Navajo-led San Juan County Commission now favors enlargement, but Utah’s state and federal lawmakers want a congressional solution.

(Rick Bowmer | AP, pool) U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland tours near ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash Trail with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, right, and other officials during a visit to Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, near Blanding.