Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...
The Antiquities Act of 1906 was proposed and signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt. Since 1906, the act has been used more than 300 times by presidents from both parties to protect sites of ...
The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior ...
Rep. Amodei’s bill jeopardizes our ability to further protect our priceless natural and sacred landscapes and cultural ...
There is legislation in Washington to reform the Antiquities Act to prevent future presidents from creating large scale monuments. Supervisor Magsig sent a letter of support for H.R. 521 ...
The proposed law would replace the section with a brief ... a narrow authority to declare national monuments in the Antiquities Act. Unfortunately, presidents have continued to abuse that narrow ...
the new legislation would remove those powers altogether. Both the nationwide and Arizona bills are amendments to the Antiquities Act, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, which granted ...
“So, this doesn't apply to every park unit, but it applies to anything that's still a monument under the Antiquities Act,” Brengel said. It’s worth noting, these monuments are not ...