The Trump administration has scrapped its proposal to pawn off more than 1,600 acres of federal land that until recently were protected as part of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Friday. The recommendation by the Bureau of Land Management ― first reported by HuffPost ― called for the “disposal” of 16 parcels of federal land, including a 120-acre chunk adjacent to land owned by Utah state Rep.
