President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday that could end up shrinking — or even nullifying — some large federal national monuments on protected public lands, as established since the Clinton administration.

In a briefing with reporters at the White House Tuesday night, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the order will direct his department to review all national monument designations on federal public land since 1996 that are 100,000 acres or more in size. The secretary didn't say whether he would recommend that Bears Ears be shrunk or abolished, only that a review of the designations was long overdue.

Not really surprised that Trump and Zinke are making this move, they telegraphed it a year ago. More curious if the Jill Stein voters saw this coming. Would they trade their vote for the purity of a Green Politics for a few million acres of protected land?

Really bummed about the threat to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears.