A Government Accountability Office opinion found that the resource management plan for the Utah monument must undergo Congressional review, which could lead to a new policy that is far friendlier to development of the protected area.By Wyatt MyskowA recent, non-binding opinion from the Government Accountability Office may pave the way for Congress to begin rescinding management plans for national monuments across the country, environmentalists and experts say, potentially leading to protected areas being further opened up for resource extraction. And Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah is yet again at the center of the renewed threats to the nation’s monuments.

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