INTERIOR DEPT. TO TRUMP: DOWNSIZE UTAH MONUMENT

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommended Monday that President Trump vastly reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, and seek congressional authorization to turn over the remaining landmarks to be co-managed with Native American tribes.

If adopted by Trump, it would be the largest reversal of publicl-and protections in the 111-year history of the Antiquities Act.

President Obama used the Teddy Roosevelt-era law to protect 1.35 million acres last year — a decision Trump called “an egregious abuse of federal power.”