President Trump signed an executive order instructing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review any national monument created since Jan. 1, 1996, that spans at least 100,000 acres, in a move he said would “end another egregious use of government power.”

Grand Staircase-Escalante The Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. Grand Staircase-Escalante, in Utah, was designated by President Bill Clinton in 1996. AP