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Hunters and anglers in the western United States anticipated that President Donald Trump would shrink two Utah national monuments again during his second term. When that happened Monday, many of them wanted details of how millions of acres now outside the monuments\u2019 bounds be managed, down to issues of weed control and wildfire prevention.<\/p>\n

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Instead, they\u2019ve found themselves fact-checking Trump on the basics of his two orders slashing the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in southern Utah by about 90%.<\/p>\n

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Surrounded by Utah\u2019s congressional delegation, Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, Trump said Monday before signing the orders that in the monuments, \u201cyou can\u2019t do anything. You can\u2019t go hunting. You can\u2019t go fishing. You can\u2019t do anything. You can virtually not even walk on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s exactly right, sir,\u201d Deputy Interior Secretary Kate MacGregor replied. \u201cSo you are remedying that today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reality, hunting and fishing are both allowed in the two monuments, though the activities are banned in Utah\u2019s five national parks, Hiking is permitted in all of them.<\/p>\n

In response to Trump\u2019s comments, the Montana-based nonprofit Backcountry Hunters & Anglers issued a call for \u201cfacts over politics\u201d in the public lands debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt fails the basic level of respect that we deserve as citizens of the United States. These are our public resources stewarded on our behalf,\u201d said Ryan Callaghan, president and CEO of the nonprofit Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. \u201cIt\u2019s not much to ask that our officials know what is entailed on those resources when they go and make a big decision like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said the \u201cblatant misinformation\u201d distracted from nuanced questions, including about how federal and state agencies would plan and protect wildlife habitat from the effects of higher road traffic and increased mining operations that Trump\u2019s orders may bring.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the president\u2019s decision to downsize the monuments, including the governor and the state\u2019s all-Republican congressional delegation, said it will improve public access while providing more targeted protection for valuable sites. They argued the original boundaries were too expansive.<\/p>\n

Utah. Rep. Celeste Maloy praised the president Monday for \u201clistening to the people of Utah and saying, \u2018We know you value this land, you want it used for multiple use and not locked up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Callaghan said his organization, which counts roughly 35,000 dues-paying members, is nonpartisan. He told Utah News Dispatch he sees national monuments as another layer of protection for public lands as the Trump administration has sped up permitting for certain mining projects and moved toward ending a \u201croadless rule\u201d limiting construction and timber harvests on national forest land.<\/p>\n

Caleb Stroh, 43, of Kaysville, agreed. Stroh said he likes to hunt turkeys within the Bounds of Bears Ears National Monument in the spring, calling the environment \u201cpristine and quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start adding those other factors, like, you know, gas exploration or metal extraction, or \u2026 saying,\u2019Well, we need a road right up this canyon, so everybody can access it in the sense of on a four-wheeler or whatever.\u2019 Then those all those wonderful things that so many of us enjoy about hunting go right out the window,\u201d Stroh said.<\/p>\n

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