Trump reduces Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 90 percent

1.69 million acres were removed from monument protection, shrinking Grand Staircase-Escalante by roughly 90 percent of its Biden-era size

The Kaiparowits Plateau holds an estimated 62 billion tons of coal, with at least 11 billion tons considered technically recoverable

No active coal mining leases exist in the Kaiparowits Plateau today, and analysts say market conditions make near-term development unlikely

Jobs in Garfield and Kane counties, the two counties surrounding the monument, rose 51 percent between 2001 and 2022

More than two dozen dinosaur species new to science have been discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation, which now falls largely outside monument boundaries