(November 8, 2019, 10:30 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Oct. 25 filed a status report in District of Columbia federal court asking it to clarify that the administration is not required to provide environmental groups with notice of new contracts for roads and other projects in national monuments that President Donald Trump reduced in size. The groups contend that the decision to reduce the size of the monuments was partly motivated by a desire to access land for hydraulic fracturing (The Wilderness Society, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2587, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2591, D. D.C. [consolidated])....