November 16, 2017 Insiders mull what revisions Trump will make to massive Utah monuments That law passed by Congress gives U.S. presidents the authority to designate or set aside land as monuments to protect objects of historic, cultural…
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 1, 2017 Will Congress take Zinke’s suggestion and authorize tribal co-management of Bears Ears? The original presidential proclamation creating the Bears Ears National Monument did not establish a formal tribal co-management requirement. There are several ways Congress and…
June 12, 2017 Porterville proposal would ask Zinke to shrink Giant Sequoia NM by three-quarters When the Monument was established in 2000, Byers said it was committed that a visitors center would be established to encourage tourism to the…
June 7, 2017 Ask Secretary Zinke to remedy Clinton’s immoral Grand Staircase-Escalante land grab “In 1996, President Bill Clinton used the Antiquities Act to lock up nearly 2 million acres of Garfield and Kane Counties. And it’s worth…
May 22, 2017 Ranchers urge Zinke to scale down Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument “The ranching community has been buried in regulation and limitations over the past 25 years,” the NMCGA’s Boone said. “More often than not, we…
May 11, 2017 Monuments review gives ranchers, landowners hope for greater freedom, control McIntosh believes the review needs to be taken a step further to include all prior landowner rights. “Most of these national monument designations have…
May 8, 2017 San Juan County’s largest Navajo chapter formally opposes Bears Ears Monument Named after a pair of mesas which dominate the high desert landscape, Bears Ears is arid, and rich in minerals and fossil fuels, but…
April 28, 2017 Bears Ears: The last straw in monuments abuses That law was intended to prevent the looting of archaeological and Native American structures and objects, and it gave the federal government an expeditious…
