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Utah Seems To Be Angling For A Friendly Supreme Court In Its Bid To Shrink Monuments

Utah authorities appear to be hoping their lawsuit aimed at shrinking the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, where Chief Justice John Roberts a little more than a year ago expressed interest in exploring how big is too big when it comes to a monument established by a president under The Antiquities Act.

$35 Million In GAOA Funding To Strengthen Alcatraz Island's Wharf

A $35 million appropriation is being made to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California for work to repair and seismically strengthen the concrete wharf at Alcatraz Island. The funds, from the Great American Outdoors Act, are intended to pay for work to provide safe access to the island for visitors, concessionaires, and National Park Service staff.