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Biden returns 2 million acres to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

Tribes rejoice as Utah leaders fret over monuments’ restoration.

(Susan Walsh | AP) President Joe Biden shakes hands with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, before he speaks at an event announcing that his administration is restoring protections for two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing.