Patagonia joins lawsuit against Trump’s Utah national monument reduction
The company says the cuts would expose nearly 3 million acres to mining and drilling and violate the Antiquities Act, reviving a 2017 legal fight.
- On Wednesday, Patagonia sued the Trump administration over orders shrinking Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, seeking to reactivate litigation against the July proclamations.
- In July, President Donald Trump signed orders reducing both monuments by more than 90%, claiming the public cannot hunt or fish on the land—a characterization conservation groups dispute.
- The litigation challenges removal of protections from roughly 3 million acres of land, as Patagonia argues the Antiquities Act of 1906 does not permit presidents to shrink monuments created by predecessors.
- Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert called the cuts a 'betrayal of Tribal sovereignty,' noting the company worked with the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition to establish the monument in 2016.
- A 2026 State of the Rockies poll found 91% of Western voters support maintaining existing monument designations, while experts warn the administration's orders could open lands to oil and gas leases within 60 days.
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Patagonia joins lawsuit against Trump’s Utah national monument reduction
The outdoor retailer Patagonia on Wednesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its executive orders to shrink the sizes of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Patagonia joined a coalition of Native American groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups to reopen two 2017 lawsuits against President Trump's first administration over similar executive orders cut…
Idaho Capital Sun
Patagonia, environmental groups revive old legal fights against new cuts to Utah monuments
Opponents of President Donald Trump’s decision to sharply downsize two Utah national monuments in July are re-upping their argument that he didn’t have the authority to do so. Retailer Patagonia, environmental groups and tribal organizations waged legal battles against Trump in 2017 after he ordered prior reductions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. […]
Patagonia Sues Trump Over Huge Cuts to Bears Ears
Patagonia is once again taking President Trump to court, this time over his move to dramatically cut the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The outdoor gear company teamed up with conservation and tribal groups in a federal lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, arguing that Trump exceeded his...
The Independent
The Independent (US)Patagonia sues Trump for shrinking beloved Utah national monument
Patagonia was among the groups that sued the first Trump administration to block a similar move
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