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Utah sues Biden over move to restore 2 national monuments

FILE - The "House on Fire" ruins are pictured in Mule Canyon, near Blanding, Utah, on June 22, 2016. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (AP Photo/Rick Bowme, File) FILE - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland tours near ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash trail during a visit to Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah, April 8, 2021. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File) FILE - The "House on Fire" ruins in Mule Canyon, near Blanding, Utah, on June 22, 2016. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE - President Donald Trump holds up a signed proclamation to shrink the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 2017. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE - This May 8, 2017, photo, shows Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File) FILE - This July 9, 2017, photo, shows a view of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Utah state and county officials sued the Biden administration Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Trump had downsized. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP, File)