‘Motivated by love’: Utahns find strength in numbers during protest of Trump’s monument slashing

Nearly a thousand Utahns gathered around the state to protest the cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds gather in front of the Governor's Mansion to protest the shrinking of two national monuments, in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 20, 2026.