Sentences with phrase «protected national monuments»

Delegates also approved an amendment aimed at curbing the Antiquities Act of 1906, a law which has protected national monuments ranging from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon.

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Obama had used the Antiquities Act more than any other president, his White House said in December, when he designated over 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling.

On Wednesday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order related to the 1906 Antiquities Act, which enables the president to designate federal areas of land and water as national monuments to protect them from drilling, mining and development, the source said.

Even before Trump officially opened his high - profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show.

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The mountain landscapes of the American West are rich in fossil fuels, timber, fish, wildlife, and natural beauty, and host some the largest and most famous national parks, monuments, and protected wilderness.

And I think that this combination of his public service in Washington — he advised, for example, presidents on developing [the] U.S. Park System, protecting U.S. national monuments.

President Obama recently expanded a national marine monument in Hawaii to become the largest protected area in the world, over twice the size of Texas.

December 5, 2017 • President Trump's authority to reduce two national land monuments in Utah now faces legal challenges, as his administration considers what to do with 25 other protected territories under review.

The Japanese Government has declared it a national monument, and it is one of the six rare dog breeds that it protects.

ANILCA redesignated the monument as Katmai National Park «to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geologic, cultural, and recreational features.»

Find out why America's National Monuments are under threat and what you can do to protect them.

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Artist Statement «Petrified Forest was set aside as a national monument in 1906 to preserve and protect its petrified wood for its scientific value.

His call to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monuments in Utah will reduce the size of these federally protected areas by 85 % and...

And the environmental law clinics at Stanford and University of California, Irvine are working with EII, Shark Stewards, and the International Marine Mammal Project to protect our marine national monuments.

And the environmental law clinics at Stanford and University of California, Irvine are working with Earth Island, Shark Stewards, and the International Marine Mammal Project to protect our marine national monuments.

The amendment requires «the approval of the state where the national monument is designated or a national park is proposed,» which would severely limit the President's ability to protect at - risk places.

To guard «the most glorious heritage a people ever received,» he protected 230 million acres of land and created 23 new national parks, and passed the Antiquities Act that let presidents «declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic and scientific interest... to be National Monumentsnational parks, and passed the Antiquities Act that let presidents «declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic and scientific interest... to be National MonumentsNational Monuments.»

These new national monuments will protect a diverse set of culturally and historically significant sites for all Americans to explore and enjoy.

So it was fitting to have the monument that honors him — the 555 - foot - tall Washington Monument on the National Mall — as the backdrop for our May 17 Rally to Protect the American Dream.