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Utah files suit challenging Biden’s monument restoration

At a combined 3.2 million acres, the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears monuments are too large to be responsibly managed, officials allege.

(Rick Bowmer | AP, pool) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox takes a selfie with Rep. Blake Moore, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Sen. Mitt Romney during a tour by ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash trail at the Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, near Blanding. On Wednesday, Utah leaders sued the Biden administration seeking to reverse Biden's October 2021 order restoring the Bears Ears monument.