What President Trump will tell Utah today

President Trump will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, today to deliver an important message at the State Capitol. In April, the President ordered an extensive review of all large federal land expansions made since 1996 under the Antiquities Act—a 1906 law intended to safeguard national monuments that’s become a pretext for massive federal land grabs.
That report will be released this week. When the President goes to Utah today, he will lay out his proclamation to modify the boundaries for both the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments, explaining how certain past abuses of the Antiquities Act have harmed local communities.
It’s an important decision worth illuminating clearly. Here’s what the President’s proclamation does:

• Corrects past federal overreach
• Protects objects of national significance and prioritizes public access
• Facilitates infrastructure upgrades and maintenance
• Ensures tribal cultural use
• Protects hunting and fishing rights


• Here’s what it doesn’t do:
  
• Sell public lands wholesale
• Close or shrink national parks
• Drill for oil in national parks
• Leave tribal artifacts or fossils unprotected

Watch the President’s speech live at 3:30 p.m. EST today.

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