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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will recommend on Aug. 24 whether to eliminate or shrink nearly two dozen national monuments, creating the first major test for a 111-year-old law that gives presidents the power to protect swaths of public land.
Zinke is expected to recommend that at least some of the national monuments under review - which were all created since 1996 - be rescinded or shrunk in size, responding to an order by President Donald Trump, who believes there should be greater opportunity to increase local resource development and economic opportunities.
Any recommendation of reductions could herald a move into unchartered territory.
Under the Antiquities Act, a president can declare certain areas of historic or scientific interest a national monument. However, no president has ever revoked a previous designation ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/20/no-us-president-has-ever-revoked-a-national-monuments-status-trump-might-be-the-first.html
benld74
(9,911 posts)Bladewire
(381 posts)This is purely Trump undoing everything he can that Obama did. Trump is a vindictive evil racist jerk!
Here's an article of all the land Obama signed into protection: https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/13/14263812/obama-national-monuments-legacy-land-protection-record
"President Obama declared five new national monuments yesterday, bringing the total number hes created or expanded to 34 the highest ever, according to The Washington Post. Thats two more than the previous record-holder, Franklin D. Roosevelt."
From the OP 's article:
"Trump has argued that previous administrations "abused" their right to designate federally protected monuments under the 1906 act, putting millions of acres of land off limits to drilling, mining, logging and other activity."
Bladewire
(381 posts)Trump has his kids plotting out what land they'll buy, and they'll get first dibs through anonymous third party vendors, you can bet on it.
Trump is looking for a huge piece of land with a large granite mountain and streams so he can make a Trump monument park, it will be the biggest ever! With the best rides and best good believe me!