Trump keeps saying it "Utah's land", and it belongs to the "citizens of Utah", but

[procon]

he wrong. It's federal land, held in trust for the enjoyment of ALL Americans, regardless of where they reside. Trump is stealing OUR land and giving it to his supporters.

[Corvo Bianco]

1. Not to mention that Utahns treasure these national parks.

Blowhards aside, everybody is mourning.

[Vinca]

2. Someone needs to tell Don this is a dollars and cents issue.

Tourists won't be spending money to look at mines and drilling sites.

[brewens]

3. I was once drug out to the Bingham Copper Mine to look at the huge hole in the

mountain. If I have to look at something like that, it should be the Grand Canyon, Hell's Canyon, The Salmon River. Those need to be kept worth seeing.

[Bayard]

4. Utah?

Doesn't the name, Utah, come from the Ute Native Americans?

Someone needs to wack the Bungler/Burglar in Chief over the head with this.....

[procon]

5. Cattle grazing and wealth?

That's his rationale for breaking up these scenic and vulnerable national lands. Court cases are already in the works.

[FarCenter]

6. Bears Ears includes Federal BLM and Forest Service land plus some Utah state land

The small section in the southwest appears to exclude the state lands. In the other parts, the state lands are included.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bears-ears-map.pdf

[world wide wally]

7. EXACTLY!

[lostnfound]

8. Environmentalists could boycott Utah parks to hit pols in pocketbook?

It worked in NOrth Carolina over the bathroom bill.

Which of Utah’s leaders have wanted this land back?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Did Trump say that the wonderful people of Utah

agree with him doing this?

[wiggs]

10. Are the millions of acres payment for a future pardon from president Hatch? He's

not far down the line...if Trump, Pence, and Ryan go down.

[Kirk Lover]

11. What do Utahans feel about this? Apparently this line of thinking fall lock step with the R's in

power in Utah.....

[Kali]

12. Well it isn't just for enjoyment, and that is part of the complexity.

Most of "federal land" is managed for multiple uses, the status of park, monument, wilderness, etc determines certain management parameters.