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Patagonia, tribes sue Trump over Utah monument shrink

As of September 2026: Leading the company's suit against the monument shrink

Patagonia, five tribal nations, and environmental groups sued September 2 to block Trump's second shrink of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments. The case is before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. She is weighing whether to reopen a 2017 lawsuit that stalled after Biden restored the monuments.

Updated Sep 6

Notable Quotes

"We will not stand idly by while anti-public lands crusaders attempt to exploit these lands for their extractive-industry friends or disrespect tribal nations." — statement, September 2, 2026

from Patagonia, tribes sue Trump over Utah monument shrink · Updated Sep 6

"Slashing Bears Ears and dismantling the Bears Ears Commission is a betrayal of Tribal sovereignty and needlessly throws away years of effort to create the first Tribal co-management structure of a national monument in U.S. history." — statement, September 2, 2026

from Patagonia, tribes sue Trump over Utah monument shrink · Updated Sep 6