President Trump will travel to Utah on Monday to lay out his plans to cut the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, according to individuals briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it had not been formally announced. Barack Obama established Bears Ears, a 1.35-million-acre expanse that is home to tens of thousands of ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites, nearly a year ago, and Bill Clinton designated the nearly 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante in 1996. White House officials have been working with staff at Interior and the Justice Department to draft proclamations that they think have the best chance of withstanding an inevitable court challenge from conservation and tribal groups, according to a senior administration official. | 
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