WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — Ag groups are praising the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, restoring multiple use management, including livestock grazing, on more than 2 million acres.
Kaitlynn Glover, Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and NCBA Natural Resources, joined us on Friday’s Market Day Report to discuss what the decision means for livestock producers and public land management.
In her conversation with RFD News, Glover said the decision follows more than a decade of changing monument boundaries under multiple administrations. She said previous expansions reduced grazing access, limited range improvements and affected economic opportunities for rural communities.
Glover added the latest action allows special areas to remain protected while restoring multiple use management for ranchers and other land users.
