Summary The Antiquities Act, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, allows the president to designate ...

I served nearly 7 years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat engineer officer, leading teams in challenging environments and ...

The origins of today’s national parks stem back to the 19th century ... “conservation president,” Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act of 1906. This empowered the president to designate ...

Now is the time to sound the alarm and urge the administration not to dismantle some of the most important places our country ...

National park employees have been notified about a possible second round of layoffs; Mojave Desert groups warn of repercussions, impacts on SoCal land.

The Department of Interior is exploring ways to use federal lands for energy production, and national park advocates worry that could put some park sites at risk. Citing an executive order by ...

Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...

This same year saw the passage of the Antiquities Act, which empowered presidents ... also home to the Grand Canyon and several Utah national parks. Colorado National Monument’s early champion ...

As president, Roosevelt created five national parks (doubling the previously existing number); signed the landmark Antiquities Act and used its special provisions to unilaterally create 18 ...

"The Antiquities Act has a great history of protecting some ... Willms tells F&S that some of the early Monuments were later declared National Parks by acts of Congress, but the more modern ...

There’s something truly marvelous about visiting a national park. It’s a connection to something much larger than ourselves, ...