Last week, Utah sought to legally intervene in support of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink two national monuments in the state. In two motions filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, lawyers for the state said they support the president’s decision to reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The original boundaries, they say, affect state interests, such as by devaluing nearby state lands and limiting Utah’s income from drilling on public lands.