Sentences with phrase «monument status»
"Monument status" refers to a designation given to a place or object that is recognized as having special importance or significance. It means that the place or object is legally protected from damage, alteration, or destruction to preserve its cultural, historical, or natural value for future generations. Full definition
National monument status for remote Hawaiian islands could help endangered Hawaiian monk seals and nesting green sea turtles.
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The area's national monument status grants the the government more immediate and greater power to protect this region of islands, atolls, coral reefs and seamounts than a National Marine Sanctuary designation.
Cockerell may well have tipped the balance of opinion towards park service takeover, for in 1938 the NPS made the decision to take the excess lighthouse property and ask for national monument status.
Republicans have long criticized the monument status for blocking access to massive coal deposits in the area's Kaiparowits Plateau and crippling potential economic growth for the region.
These falls are the only waterfalls in South Africa linked to the historic South African gold rush of the 19th century, hence their national monument status.
Partners in life and work for 40 years, the artists have had a major career, particularly in Britain, where they were a sensation long before «Sensation,» and now hold a kind of national monument status.
«In addition, it has monument status, which puts it in the same protection category as Nelson's Column.
And those who made their way just downstream to Salida on Saturday to participate in a public meeting measuring support for a proposal to grant national monument status to some 22,000 acres surrounding Browns Canyon may recognize that the doors have never been open wider.