President Biden finishes signing one of three executive orders to expand the areas of three national monuments during an event at the White House on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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The two bluffs that inspired the name of the Bears Ears National Monument, seen at sunset outside Blanding, Utah. On Thursday, more than two years after the Trump administration announced plans to shrink the monument and others, federal managers have finalized the new land use plans. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
A Canadian mining firm says it will begin exploration work soon on land that was previously part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Douglas C. Pizac/AP hide caption