Zinke, Patagonia trade harsh words over national monuments
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and outdoor retail giant Patagonia have traded harsh words over the Trump administration's plans to shrink several national monuments — an opening salvo in a legal battle that could last for years.
Patagonia is expected to sue Wednesday, which would follow three other lawsuits aimed at blocking President Donald Trump's order to drastically reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.
The California-based company replaced its usual home page with a stark message, "The President Stole Your Land." Patagonia called Trump's action illegal and described it as the largest elimination of protected land in American history.