--- ---  # President Trump Is Expected to Trim the Bears Ears Monument Today. Watch Live Here by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 4, 2017 4:58 PM UTC  BOULDER, UT - MAY 10: A hiker in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Boulder, Utah on May 10, 2017. BOULDER, UT - MAY 10: A hiker in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Boulder, Utah on May 10, 2017.George Frey—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 4, 2017 4:58 PM UTC President Donald Trump is headed to Utah Monday, where he is expected to announce he is scaling back two national monuments in the state. Trump is expected to announce he is reducing the size of the Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante national monuments, [the Associated Press reports.](http://time.com/5047300/trump-national-parks-utah-grand-staircase-escalante-bears-ears/) The two monuments constitute millions of acres of land in Utah and protect land considered sacred by local tribal leaders. Former President Obama declared Bears Ears a national monument in his final weeks in office, a decision met with opposition by Republican lawmakers. Trump [initiated](http://time.com/a-monumental-fight/) a monument review in April, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has [recommended](http://time.com/4914368/national-monument-review-zinke-no-eliminations/) the Bears Ears monument be downsized, setting up a controversy between environmentalists, Native American groups and mining companies. “The outcome he is planning to announce strikes an excellent balance where everyone wins,” said Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, who invited Trump to Utah. The announcement begins at 2:40 P.M. ET. Watch on the livestream above. Watch Live: Donald Trump Bears Ears Controversy Announcement ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5047783/trump-bears-ears-national-monument/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5047783/trump-bears-ears-national-monument/"},"headline":"President Trump Is Expected to Trim the Bears Ears Monument Today. Watch Live Here","datePublished":"2017-12-04T16:58:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:26:37.516Z","description":"He's expected to dramatically reduce the size of the Utah monument","url":"https://time.com/5047783/trump-bears-ears-national-monument/","keywords":["livestream","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd958d54db67d682/6988f3758fd2ee0a38359d8f/gettyimages-682442268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd958d54db67d682/6988f3758fd2ee0a38359d8f/gettyimages-682442268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Two Utah National Momments Under Review By Deparetment of Interior","caption":"Two Utah National Momments Under Review By Deparetment of Interior","creditText":"George Frey—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/livestream/","name":"livestream"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5047783/trump-bears-ears-national-monument/","name":"President Trump Is Expected to Trim the Bears Ears Monument Today. Watch Live Here"}}]}] ```