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Biden restores national monuments in Utah cut by Trump

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed proclamations Friday afternoon that restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and development some red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans and home to ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs.The Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments encompass more than 3.2 million acres — an area nearly the size of Connecticut — and were created by Democratic administrations under a century-old law that allows presidents to protect sites considered historic, geographically or culturally important.In a separate action, Biden signed off on an order restoring protections at a marine conservation area off the New England.

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