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FILE - This April 5, 2012 file photo shows rock formations in Gold Butte, located about 90 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Environmentalists have sued the administration of President Donald Trump seeking to pry loose details of its plan to shrink some national monuments and open the protected areas to more resource development. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

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Groups sue for details on Trump plan for national monuments
November 2, 2017 7:16 p.m.

Groups sue for details on Trump plan for national monuments

BILLINGS — Environmentalists sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday seeking to pry loose details of plans to shrink national monuments and marine areas and open protected areas to commercial fishing, energy extraction, logging and other industries.