NewsPolitics

Actions

Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump

National-Monuments Biden
Posted
and last updated

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will restore 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.

Environmental protections at all three monuments had been stripped by former President Donald Trump.

The White House announced the changes Thursday night ahead of a ceremony expected Friday.

It says Biden was “fulfilling a key promise” by restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments to their full size.

His plan also restores protections in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Cape Cod.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Thursday

12/11/2025

AM Fog/PM Sun

51° / 41°

4%

Friday

12/12/2025

Partly Cloudy

59° / 44°

7%

Saturday

12/13/2025

Mostly Sunny

64° / 45°

5%

Sunday

12/14/2025

Sunny

58° / 43°

3%

Monday

12/15/2025

Sunny

56° / 44°

5%

Tuesday

12/16/2025

Partly Cloudy

58° / 48°

5%

Wednesday

12/17/2025

Partly Cloudy

59° / 48°

14%

Thursday

12/18/2025

Partly Cloudy

58° / 47°

6%