Trump Might Try To Take The Ax To National Monuments
Jun 4, 2017 5:38:32 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jun 4, 2017 5:38:32 GMT -5
Trump Might Try To Take The Ax To National Monuments And These People Are Not Here For It
Many believe Trump wants to shrink the amount of space devoted to park-like reserves in the US. But if that happens, the president will face what experts say will likely be an unprecedented legal challenge.
Jim Dalrymple II, Originally posted on May 26, 2017, at 6:12 p.m., Updated on May 26, 2017, at 6:54 p.m.
As the Trump administration closes in on what many expect will be recommendations to shrink or even dissolve some national monuments, defenders of the vast expanses of land and ocean are already gearing up for a potentially monumental legal battle never before seen in the US.
President Trump last month ordered a review of more than two dozen monuments, which are typically preserves similar to national parks. The monuments are popular with environmentalists and cultural advocates who say they preserve largely untouched lands for generations to come. But critics say they amount to federal overreach, unfairly taking resource-rich land off the table for vital industries.
Trump described the review as ending "another egregious abuse of federal power," and many observers believe it will result in significant changes for existing national monuments.
But if the Trump administration does ultimately go after the monuments, the president may end up expending significant political capital in a battle with dubious outcomes. Some also expect protests on the ground.
Advocates for multiple monuments under review spoke to BuzzFeed News about how they anticipate responding to any White House effort to curtail what's already been established:
www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/the-fate-of-national-monuments
Many believe Trump wants to shrink the amount of space devoted to park-like reserves in the US. But if that happens, the president will face what experts say will likely be an unprecedented legal challenge.
Jim Dalrymple II, Originally posted on May 26, 2017, at 6:12 p.m., Updated on May 26, 2017, at 6:54 p.m.
As the Trump administration closes in on what many expect will be recommendations to shrink or even dissolve some national monuments, defenders of the vast expanses of land and ocean are already gearing up for a potentially monumental legal battle never before seen in the US.
President Trump last month ordered a review of more than two dozen monuments, which are typically preserves similar to national parks. The monuments are popular with environmentalists and cultural advocates who say they preserve largely untouched lands for generations to come. But critics say they amount to federal overreach, unfairly taking resource-rich land off the table for vital industries.
Trump described the review as ending "another egregious abuse of federal power," and many observers believe it will result in significant changes for existing national monuments.
But if the Trump administration does ultimately go after the monuments, the president may end up expending significant political capital in a battle with dubious outcomes. Some also expect protests on the ground.
Advocates for multiple monuments under review spoke to BuzzFeed News about how they anticipate responding to any White House effort to curtail what's already been established:
www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/the-fate-of-national-monuments
National monuments harm the economy, Utah public lands official tells Congress
By THOMAS BURR, First Published May 02 2017 02:39PM, Last Updated May 02 2017 11:31 pm
Washington - National monument designations in Utah have harmed the economy and way of life for communities abutting them, killing jobs and harming ranchers, the head of Utah's public-lands office testified before Congress on Tuesday.
"Any perceived benefits from the designation of huge landscape monuments need to be weighed against the impacts suffered by those who have traditionally used the lands," Kathleen Clarke, the former Bureau of Land Management director and now head of the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, told a House Natural Resources subcommittee. "Landscapes don't disappear, but jobs and artifacts do."
Clarke joined a chorus of Republicans in blasting the Antiquities Act, which President Barack Obama used in late December to name the 1.35 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. She also told the congressional committee that the 1996 designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has impaired the area's economy.
"The creation of these huge monuments has unnecessarily had significant and negative impacts upon the traditional uses of these lands and upon the lives and livelihoods of the local populations that have stewarded the lands for generations," said Clarke, who was BLM head under former President George W. Bush.
www.sltrib.com/news/5244565-155/utah-public-lands-official-to-congress
By THOMAS BURR, First Published May 02 2017 02:39PM, Last Updated May 02 2017 11:31 pm
Washington - National monument designations in Utah have harmed the economy and way of life for communities abutting them, killing jobs and harming ranchers, the head of Utah's public-lands office testified before Congress on Tuesday.
"Any perceived benefits from the designation of huge landscape monuments need to be weighed against the impacts suffered by those who have traditionally used the lands," Kathleen Clarke, the former Bureau of Land Management director and now head of the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, told a House Natural Resources subcommittee. "Landscapes don't disappear, but jobs and artifacts do."
Clarke joined a chorus of Republicans in blasting the Antiquities Act, which President Barack Obama used in late December to name the 1.35 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. She also told the congressional committee that the 1996 designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has impaired the area's economy.
"The creation of these huge monuments has unnecessarily had significant and negative impacts upon the traditional uses of these lands and upon the lives and livelihoods of the local populations that have stewarded the lands for generations," said Clarke, who was BLM head under former President George W. Bush.
www.sltrib.com/news/5244565-155/utah-public-lands-official-to-congress
Yes, President Trump Can Undo Controversial National Monuments
April 29, 2017, By Jonathan Wood
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order requiring a review of the large national monuments that have been created over the last 21 years. The president ran on a platform of reducing regulations to promote jobs and economic growth, but he inherited vast areas -- nearly a billion acres in total -- that have been shut off from productive use under the Antiquities Act.
His predecessor, Barack Obama, was the king of Antiquities Act abuse, designating more monuments covering more area than any prior president. He tripled the total area restricted, adding more than 500 million acres in new and expanded monuments. Most of this area was locked up during the last year of Obama's presidency, once he was no longer accountable to voters.
There's a reason presidents designate "midnight" monuments at the end of their terms: they can be extremely controversial when people depend on the use of areas being closed off to support their families.
www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/yes_president_trump_can_undo_controversial_national_monuments.html
April 29, 2017, By Jonathan Wood
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order requiring a review of the large national monuments that have been created over the last 21 years. The president ran on a platform of reducing regulations to promote jobs and economic growth, but he inherited vast areas -- nearly a billion acres in total -- that have been shut off from productive use under the Antiquities Act.
His predecessor, Barack Obama, was the king of Antiquities Act abuse, designating more monuments covering more area than any prior president. He tripled the total area restricted, adding more than 500 million acres in new and expanded monuments. Most of this area was locked up during the last year of Obama's presidency, once he was no longer accountable to voters.
There's a reason presidents designate "midnight" monuments at the end of their terms: they can be extremely controversial when people depend on the use of areas being closed off to support their families.
www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/yes_president_trump_can_undo_controversial_national_monuments.html
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