国际英语资讯:Thousands rally in Utah to protest Washingtons shrinking plan for national monuments
<p><span word="LOS">LOS</span> <span word="ANGELES">ANGELES</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 2-- <span word="About">About</span> 5,000 <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Capitol">Capitol</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shrink">shrink</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="visits">visits</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span> <span word="Dine">Dine</span> <span word="Bikeyah">Bikeyah</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="noNPRofit">noNPRofit</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="grassroots">grassroots</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="tribes">tribes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span>.</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="tribes">tribes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="collaboratively">collaboratively</span> <span word="managing">managing</span> <span word="Bears">Bears</span> <span word="Ears">Ears</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Monument">Monument</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="truly">truly</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="monument">monument</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Bears">Bears</span> <span word="Ears">Ears</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Grand">Grand</span> <span word="Staircase">Staircase</span>-<span word="Escalante">Escalante</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Monuments">Monuments</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="designated">designated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="Barrack">Barrack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Clinton">Clinton</span> <span word="respectively">respectively</span>.</p><p><span word="Documents">Documents</span> <span word="obtained">obtained</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="Post">Post</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Bears">Bears</span> <span word="Ears">Ears</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="by">by</span> 85 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="from">from</span> 1.35 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="acres">acres</span> (5,463 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>) <span word="to">to</span> 201,397 <span word="acres">acres</span> (815 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>), <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Grand">Grand</span> <span word="Staircase">Staircase</span>-<span word="Escalante">Escalante</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="halved">halved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 1.9 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="acres">acres</span> (7,689 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>) <span word="to">to</span> 997,490 <span word="acres">acres</span> (4,037 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>).</p><p><span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Capitol">Capitol</span>, <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="predicted">predicted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="officially">officially</span> <span word="announce">announce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shrink">shrink</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span>.?</p>
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