Copper Mine Is Planned for the Utah National Monument Trump Shrunk
- Canadian company announces plans to develop former copper mine
- Dump trucks could mix with stunning red sandstone cliffs
Circle Cliffs and Boulder Mountain are seen Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 2016.
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The red sandstone vistas in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument may soon be criss-crossed with dump trucks after a Canadian mining company announced plans to begin operations on land cut from federal protection by President Donald Trump.
Vancouver-based Glacier Lake Resources Inc. announced last week it had acquired a former copper mine on land formerly contained in one of the two national monuments that Trump shrunk last year, a move that was bitterly contested at the time by environmental and Native American groups.