Undoing Utah National Monument Protections Risks Legal Chaos

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Publish Date:

February 2, 2026

Author(s):

Magill, Bobby

Source:

Bloomberg Law

Related Person(s):

Related Organization(s):

Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program,
Environmental Law Clinic

Summary

“This area is becoming a big mess, legally speaking,” said Deborah Sivas, director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program at Stanford Law School. “The new and novel GAO opinion is plainly, in my view, an attempt to undermine the monument designation.”