Western groups worry about a new national monument in Utah

Published May 2, 2016 4:01am ET



When Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced plans to travel to Utah later this year, western ears perked up with concerns about a new national monument there.

Ethan Lane, executive director of the Public Lands Council, told the Washington Examiner that he thinks Jewell’s trip to Utah could end up with millions more acres of western land being named national monuments.

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