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Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and Washington.
Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii.
Rose Atoll National Monument in the Pacific Ocean near the American Samoa.

After President Donald Trump’s executive order in April to review national monument designations, the long-awaited recommendations of the Interior Department have been made public. According to a leaked memo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has advised that six sites be reduced in size, including Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, Nevada’s Gold Butte and Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou national monuments, and two marine national monuments, the Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll. Though Zinke submitted his recommendations to the president in August, the White House withheld the memorandum. —Brooke Warren

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These six Western monuments face reductions

by Staff, High Country News
September 18, 2017

					<h1>These six Western monuments face reductions</h1>
<p class="byline">by Staff, High Country News <br />September 18, 2017</p>
					
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<p>After President Donald Trump’s executive order in April to review national monument designations, the long-awaited recommendations of the Interior Department have been made public. According to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4052225-Interior-Secretary-Ryan-Zinke-s-Report-to-the.html" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4052225-Interior-Secretary-Ryan-Zinke-s-Report-to-the.html" rel="noopener">a leaked memo,</a> Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has advised that six sites be reduced in size, including Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, Nevada’s Gold Butte and Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou national monuments, and two marine national monuments, the Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll. Though Zinke submitted his recommendations to the president in August, the White House withheld the memorandum. <em>—Brooke Warren</em></p>

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