Interior secretary recommends shrinking Gold Butte in Nevada
By Matthew Daly, AP
WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size, with changes to several others proposed.
A leaked memo from Zinke to President Trump recommends that two Utah monuments – Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante — be reduced, along with Nevada’s Gold Butte and Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou.
Trump ordered the review earlier this year after complaining about improper “land grabs” by former presidents, including Barack Obama.