No mining applications have been filed for parts of the Bears Ears National Monument that are no longer protected after President Trump reduced the boundaries of the monument.
Trump on Dec. 4 signed a proclamation cutting Bears Ears by more than 1.1 million acres, or 85 percent, and creating two smaller monuments instead.
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