SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump earlier this year ordered U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to conduct an unprecedented review of 27 monuments established by former presidents over more than two decades on lands and waters revered for their natural beauty and historical significance.

Trump announced Monday that he will shrink two Utah monuments, but he has not revealed his decision on the others yet. He launched the review after calling the land protections by Democratic former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton federal overreach.

Zinke recommended reducing four large monuments in the U.S. West and modifying rules at six others, according to a memo leaked this fall. He also has said he’s recommending the creation of three new monuments.

He didn’t suggest eliminating any monuments, despite urging by some Republicans in Utah and elsewhere.

Here’s a breakdown of Zinke’s recommendations:

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MONUMENTS TO BE DOWNSIZED

Trump said he will shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments spanning millions of acres in Utah in line with Zinke’s recommendation.

Zinke also advised trimming Gold Butte in Nevada and Cascade Siskiyou in Oregon, but the president didn’t announce a final decision on those monuments Monday.

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NO DOWNSIZING, BUT RULE CHANGES

Zinke proposed more access for people and industry and other changes at six monuments:

— Katahdin Woods and Waters, Maine: Allow trees to be cut on parts of the monument and ensure that “traditional uses” like snowmobiling and hunting are taken into account in a management plan.

— Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, Maine: Allow commercial fishing in the first marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean.

— Pacific Remote Islands, Pacific Ocean: Allow commercial fishing within the marine monument that covers nearly 87,000 square miles (225,330 square kilometers) near Hawaii.

— Rose Atoll, Pacific Ocean: Allow commercial fishing in the 13,500-square-mile (34,965-square-kilometer) marine monument around the Rose Atoll in American Samoa, a U.S territory.

— Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, New Mexico: Conduct assessment of border-safety risks, prioritize public access and request congressional authority to give tribes co-management.

— Rio Grande Del Norte, New Mexico: — Prioritize public access, request congressional authority to give tribes co-management, and get more funding to protect cultural and historical objects.

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STAYING INTACT

During his travels to visit some of the monuments under review, Zinke said these six monuments would remain untouched: Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana; Sand to Snow in California; Grand Canyon-Parashant in Arizona; Craters of the Moon in Idaho; Hanford Reach in Washington; and Canyons of the Ancients in Colorado.

Zinke has been silent on the other 11 monuments under review, from Giant Sequoia in California to the Marianas Trench southwest of Guam, but they are presumed to remain intact.

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NEW MONUMENTS

Zinke also recommended Trump create three monuments, including one in his home state of Montana:

— Badger-Two Medicine in an area within the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwest Montana.

— Medgar Evers’ home in Jackson, Mississippi, where the first field secretary for the NAACP was assassinated on June 12, 1963. Evers organized boycotts over segregation during the civil rights movement.

— Camp Nelson near Nicholasville, Kentucky, which was established in 1863 as a 700-bed Union Army hospital, supply depot and recruiting center for African-American troops in the state.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in Southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt road that was impassable in their rental car, authorities said Friday.

Helena Byler, 78, was found lying on the road Oct. 2 by a rancher who happened to be checking on his cattle in the area of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kane County Chief Deputy Alan Alldredge said. She was confused and severely dehydrated.

Search and rescue teams aboard a helicopter found her husband, Gerald Byler, 76, later that day in a trailer he took shelter in after spotting an SOS sign made out of rocks and flowers that was nearby. He was severely dehydrated and unable to move, but could speak with rescuers.

Gerald Byler remained hospitalized Friday in St. George, where he is in good condition in a neuro specialty rehabilitation unit at Dixie Regional Medical Center, said hospital spokeswoman McKoye Mecham. Helena Byler only had to spend one night in the hospital.

The couple from Houston may not have survived one more day in the extremely remote area with no cellphone coverage where it’s normal to go a full week without any cars using the road, Alldredge said. They had hardly any food or water, drinking only from puddles that formed in the ground after rains.

“It’s an amazing story,” Alldredge said.

The couple left their motel in a small town of Kanab, Utah, in the morning on Sept. 26 to drive to Lake Powell in a rental sedan and took a rocky dirt road while following directions from a GPS-mapping app, he said. The dirt road that winds through a small canyon has large rocks and 18-inch drops at some points, Alldredge said. The couple turned around when they realized they were on the wrong road, but they couldn’t get out.

They started walking back on the road and spent the first night in the open as it rained. The next morning, Gerald Byler couldn’t go on, his leg hurting too much, Alldredge said. Helena Byler kept walking to get help, but she didn’t see anyone until five days later when the rancher found her.

She told rescuers that she had talked to dispatchers on the phone, saw a helicopter coming to rescue her husband and was in granite building and talking to other people — all of which authorities believe were hallucinations triggered by her lack of food and water. Investigators believe she may have even spent a couple of days in a trailer nearby the one her husband was found in without knowing he was nearby.

The best route to Lake Powell from Kanab is on established highways, but it’s not the first time tourists have gotten stuck on treacherous dirt roads that their GPS mapping apps thought would be shortcuts, Alldredge said. He said his agency frequently rescues tourists stuck on dirt roads.

“GPS apps are great. But out here in rural Utah, they sometimes get you in trouble,” Alldredge said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in Southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt road that was impassable in their rental car, authorities said Friday.

Helena Byler, 78, was found lying on the road Oct. 2 by a rancher who happened to be checking on his cattle in the area of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kane County Chief Deputy Alan Alldredge said. She was confused and severely dehydrated.

Search and rescue teams aboard a helicopter found her husband, Gerald Byler, 76, later that day in a trailer he took shelter in after spotting an SOS sign made out of rocks and flowers that was nearby. He was severely dehydrated and unable to move, but could speak with rescuers.

Gerald Byler remained hospitalized Friday in St. George, where he is in good condition in a neuro specialty rehabilitation unit at Dixie Regional Medical Center, said hospital spokeswoman McKoye Mecham. Helena Byler only had to spend one night in the hospital.

The couple from Houston may not have survived one more day in the extremely remote area with no cellphone coverage where it’s normal to go a full week without any cars using the road, Alldredge said. They had hardly any food or water, drinking only from puddles that formed in the ground after rains.

“It’s an amazing story,” Alldredge said.

The couple left their motel in a small town of Kanab, Utah, in the morning on Sept. 26 to drive to Lake Powell in a rental sedan and took a rocky dirt road while following directions from a GPS-mapping app, he said. The dirt road that winds through a small canyon has large rocks and 18-inch drops at some points, Alldredge said. The couple turned around when they realized they were on the wrong road, but they couldn’t get out.

They started walking back on the road and spent the first night in the open as it rained. The next morning, Gerald Byler couldn’t go on, his leg hurting too much, Alldredge said. Helena Byler kept walking to get help, but she didn’t see anyone until five days later when the rancher found her.

She told rescuers that she had talked to dispatchers on the phone, saw a helicopter coming to rescue her husband and was in granite building and talking to other people — all of which authorities believe were hallucinations triggered by her lack of food and water. Investigators believe she may have even spent a couple of days in a trailer nearby the one her husband was found in without knowing he was nearby.

The best route to Lake Powell from Kanab is on established highways, but it’s not the first time tourists have gotten stuck on treacherous dirt roads that their GPS mapping apps thought would be shortcuts, Alldredge said. He said his agency frequently rescues tourists stuck on dirt roads.

“GPS apps are great. But out here in rural Utah, they sometimes get you in trouble,” Alldredge said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendation to downsize a vast new national monument in Utah created optimism among opponents of 26 other monuments under review around the country. It has also created fear among conservation groups that worry he will propose shrinking or rescinding other sites in his final report due in late August.

Along the New England coast, commercial fishermen were ecstatic to hear Monday about Zinke’s proposed reduction of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and hopeful it foreshadows a similar fate for a marine monument they oppose.

They’re preparing to make a pitch for a full undoing of the designation when Zinke visits the area later this week.

Opponents of other sites are making similar plans after the Bears Ears decision, saying the designations often close areas to oil, gas and mineral development along with other uses.

“It sets a precedent for the review of all the monuments,” said Beth Casoni, executive director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association Inc. “Under the former administration, we questioned whether this is about conservation or just control.”

Conservation groups that were stung by the recommendation are trying to rally public support to fully preserve the monuments but expect they will have to resort to a protracted legal fight if President Donald Trump eventually downsizes or eliminates monument designations.

They assert the 1908 Antiquities Act allows presidents to create monuments but only gives Congress the power to modify or rescind them.

“It’s obvious the goal is to serve private interests over the public good,” said Kristen Boyles, a staff attorney with the environmental group Earthjustice.

As Zinke gets ready to visit the Katahdin Wood and Waters Monument in Maine, people on both sides of the issue are dissecting his Bears Ears proposal.

Demar Dahl, an Elko County commissioner in Nevada, said he expects Zinke will take the same shrink-but-not-rescind approach with two Nevada monuments under review— Basin and Range, and Gold Butte.

“I don’t have the problem with things being protected that need to be protected, but when you set aside maybe 10 times more area than you need that’s when you get to the point when you need common sense to kick in,” Dahl said.

Zinke called the Bears Ears area “drop-dead gorgeous country” that merits some protection on Monday in explaining his recommendation, but said the boundaries should be more narrowly focused around key cultural sites.

President Donald Trump ordered the monument review based on the notion that presidents increasingly are protecting areas that are too large and do not fit the law’s purpose of shielding particular historical or archaeological sites.

National monument designations add protections for lands revered for their natural beauty and historical significance with the goal of preserving them for future generations.

The restrictions aren’t as stringent as national parks, but some policies include limits on mining, timber cutting and recreational activities such as riding off-road vehicles.

Many national monuments have later been declared national parks. Among them were Zion National Park in Utah and Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two major outdoor recreation trade shows are merging for one big expo to be held in Denver.

Emerald Expositions, which produces the Outdoor Retailer trade show that’s leaving Salt Lake City after two decades over political differences, announced Wednesday night it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show that is held each winter in Denver.

Emerald said in a news release that the first combined expo is expected to be January in Denver.

The company did not reveal the cost of the acquisition.

The news means this July’s Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City could be the final one. The show decided in February to leave Utah for a new long-term home due Republican state leaders’ opposition to the new Bears Ears National Monument.

The show was under contract to host two shows in 2018 in Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least two more outdoor companies said Friday they’re following Patagonia’s lead and planning to boycott Outdoor Retailer shows held in Utah because of a push by the state’s political leaders to rescind the creation of the Bear Ears National Monument.

Peak Designs and Polartec join Arc’teryx, which on Thursday became the second company after Patagonia to announce plans to skip the twice-a-year show that has been held in Salt Lake City for two decades.

Peak Design CEO Peter Dering said in a letter posted the company website he hopes hundreds of small companies are inspired to join the boycott.

“If we all band together, it’s actually going to sting,” Dering said. “Plenty of states who do the right thing are ready and willing to take Utah’s place.”

Polartec pulled out to show that public land conservation is essential to the industry, said CEO Gary Smith said in a statement.

The expanding boycott comes after organizers of the lucrative Outdoor Retailer show announced this week they will seek bids from other host cities as they consider moving the show when the contract runs out after the summer of 2018.

That announcement came after Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution passed by Utah’s mostly Republican legislature calling on President Donald Trump to rescind former President Barack Obama’s designation in December of the Bears Ears National Monument on tribal lands in southeastern Utah.

The decision to consider other cities was triggered by a host of factors, one of which is the frustration from participating retailers about the continued push by Utah political leaders for more control of public lands, organizers said.

It’s not the first time they have considered moving in recent years. Utah officials say they’re confident they can once again do enough to keep the show, which brings the state an estimated $45 million in annual direct spending.

Gov. Herbert declined comment Friday through his office about the new boycotts. He said Thursday that the boycott was a “political ploy.” The Republican governor also said critics’ claims that Utah is trying to take away public lands do not hold up and represent a perpetuation of misinformation.

He is scheduled to meet with representatives from the Outdoor Industry Association next Thursday.

REI, meanwhile, said Friday it will still come to Utah for the largest outdoor retailer show in the world and wants other companies to attend so they can gather and discuss how to protect public lands, said company CEO Jerry Stritzke wrote in a letter on the REI website.

Stritzke also said he was upset about the effort to rescind Bears Ears and complimented show organizers for opening up future shows for bids. He applauded Patagonia for its stance but said the sector must prepare to take its fight beyond Utah and to federal government officials in Washington, D.C.

“It would be a mistake for us not to gather as an industry this July,” Stritzke wrote. “Now more than ever, we need to act together to advocate and find a common voice to protect our most important asset — our public lands.”

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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com