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Swordsmyth
12-05-2017, 04:29 PM
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday recommended President Donald Trump reduce the size and change the management of more national monuments in the western United States, and lashed out at critics of cuts already announced to protected areas in Utah. The effort by the Trump administration to roll back monument designations by past presidents covering millions of acres of wilderness and tribal sites has rekindled the national debate over how best to manage America's vast public lands - pitting conservationists against development advocates.

Zinke said the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument straddling the border of Oregon and California and the Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada were both too big for the purpose of protecting important historical sites and should be reduced in size. He said Trump should also consider changing the boundaries of the Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll Marine National Monuments in the Pacific Ocean.

He also recommended changes in the management of 10 other monuments to allow for more grazing, timber, fishing, road access and other uses.

More at: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-12-05/interior-dept-recommends-changes-to-boundaries-of-six-us-national-monuments

oyarde
12-05-2017, 05:53 PM
Good start , cut them all .

phill4paul
12-05-2017, 06:15 PM
Good start , cut them all .

I believe the emphasis should be on returning federal lands to the states. Not every bit of land is a "national monument." This is just bullshit posturing to divide people. I'd rather Zinke had proclaimed, "were returning 40% of federal lands to the state of Utah. We will continue to support those deemed as National monuments."