Updated July 13, 2026 07:41 pm President Donald Trump shrank the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in an executive order signed at a ceremony Monday afternoon in the presence of Utah legislators, cutting the protected areas by a combined 3 million acres. The order reduced the size of Bears Ears to
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. President Donald Trump today once again signed an executive order making cuts to two popular Utah national monuments, this time making even greater cuts than in 2017. This order is cut to size Bears Ears National Monument up 91% And
New federal rule targeting scamp and yellowmouth grouper takes effect January 1, 2027 Gulf fishermen pursuing grouper are facing the sharpest reductions in catches in recent memory. NOAA Fisheries A final rule published on June 17, 2026, cuts the allowable catch for the Gulf Other Shallow-Water Grouper Complex by 54.7 percent and locks in a