President Donald Trump will visit Utah today to announce dramatic cuts to two national monuments in the state. Trump is expected to speak at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City at 12:30 p.m. According to reports, he will announce the gutting of the 1.3 million acre Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent […]
The Trump administration will shrink two national monuments in Utah including the 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument, opening the lands up for potential industry use. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) confirmed in a Friday statement that Trump called the senator to inform him of the Bears Ears decision and that he will also shrink Utah’s […]
Rep. Rob Bishop is moving legislation that would radically cut down the scope of the Antiquities Act, effectively blocking new protections of national monument lands. Bishop’s bill—in an Orwellian flourish, titled the “National Monument Creation and Protection Act”—would bar the Antiquities Act from being used to protect landmarks, prehistoric structures and objects of “scientific interest,” […]
Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke‘s recommendation to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah could spark a legal battle between the Navajo Nation and the Trump administration. “We are prepared to challenge immediately whatever official action is taken to modify the monument or restructure any aspect of that, such as the Bears […]
A new report released Tuesday by The Wilderness Society raises the alarm about wild lands threatened by extractive industries eager to exploit the resources on or underneath them, including oil, gas and coal. Too Wild To Drill identifies 15 unique places found on public lands that are at high risk of drilling, mining and other […]
Despite receiving 2.8 million comments from the public in support of our national monuments, U.S. Department of the Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke has advised President Trump to change the way at least 10 of these treasured areas are managed and to shrink the boundaries of at least four of them. Zinke’s report, submitted to Trump […]
Environmentalists who oppose Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke‘s plans to shrink our national monuments might have an unlikely but politically powerful ally on their side—hunters. Many hunters, anglers and other sportsmen are speaking out against the former Montana congressman over his controversial recommendation to adjust the boundaries of a “handful” of the 27 national monuments under […]
Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke will recommend unspecified boundary adjustments for a “handful” of the 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration, according to an interview with the Associated Press. Zinke commented that he will not ask President Trump to rescind any designations or revert sites to new ownership. Any areas removed from the […]
A new analysis found that 99.2 percent of the millions of public comments submitted about Bears Ears National Monument and other parks opposed the executive order that placed them under scrutiny. In April 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to review 27 parks designated since the beginning of 1996, with an eye toward shrinking […]
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