December 1, 2017 Now is the time to exempt Utah from Antiquities Act overreach If the divisive and painful battles over monuments are to be ameliorated, the Antiquities Act must be reformed. But, there is something Utah can…
October 12, 2017 Lawmakers from federally-oppressed West behind Antiquities Act reform bills With the political clout of globalist corporations and radical green groups behind such abusive land grab proposals, recent administrations–Clinton and Obama in particular–have used…
October 12, 2017 Without reforms, Antiquities Act poses a threat to constitutional government Any honest reading reveals that it was created to protect “landmarks,” “structures,” and “objects” – not vast swaths of land. Compare the language of…
October 6, 2017 Antiquities Act weakens rural communities by robbing them of lands “What is needed is wholesale reform of the Antiquities Act, to return its monumental power back to where it belongs: To the people who…
September 28, 2017 Antiquities Act allows for presidential revocation, modification of monuments President Barack Obama designated most of his record-setting monuments during the twilight of his second term, long after the threat of electoral defeat had…
September 18, 2017 Controversial Utah monuments among the ten Zinke wants to modify Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes…
July 13, 2017 Native American management of antiquities provides alternative to monument land grabs Granting control of such sites to Native Americans would allow for protection of antiquities on federal land with much less political rancor and greater…
July 8, 2017 Bears Ears reduction NOT unprecedented, and not up to Congress The Antiquities Act — which says monuments should be limited to the smallest area compatible with the site or object being protected — does…
June 29, 2017 New Mexico ranchers push for major shrinking of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument Pearce last week urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the outline of the monument from 775 square miles to about 95 square miles…
June 13, 2017 Zinke recommends Bears Ears be limited to ‘smallest area compatible’ “Therefore, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) recommends that (1) the existing boundary of the BENM be…
