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- Senate approves major public lands bill Sat, 16 Feb 19, 8:30amOn Tuesday the U.S. Senate reversed the trend of shrinking protected space by approving a public lands bill that adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, creates five new national monuments, expands some national parks and reauthorizes...
- Patagonia strikes back at Trump over public lands policies Tue, 3 Apr 18, 2:16amOutdoor clothing company Patagonia is calling out President Trump and his administration as liars regarding the role that fossil fuels played in the administration's recent public land decisions...
- Trump fills his wildlife protection board with big-game trophy hunters Sat, 17 Mar 18, 1:22amA new federal advisory board commissioned to rewrite rules governing the import of hunted animal trophies has been packed by President Trump with big-game trophy hunters...
- Treasure trove of Triassic fossils found at Bears Ears Tue, 27 Feb 18, 2:30amWhat may perhaps be the world's greatest cache of Triassic-era fossils was discovered by scientists at Utah's Bears Ears National Monument, which recently lost its protected status...
- Trump plan to reduce marine monuments could put vital ecosystems at risk Wed, 3 Jan 18, 3:14amA report from United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking three ocean monuments and opening them up to commercial fishing. The monuments, two in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic Ocean,...
- Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking two more national monuments Thu, 7 Dec 17, 12:47amUnited States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended that two more national monuments in the West be reduced in size. The recommendation to shrink Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon and California and Gold Butte in...
- Patagonia is suing the Trump Administration over Bears Ears: "The President Stole Your Land" Wed, 6 Dec 17, 5:40amPatagonia won't let President Donald Trump shrink Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments without a fight. After the president announced yesterday he aims to slash the monuments by around by two million...
- President Trump shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments by 2 million acres Tue, 5 Dec 17, 6:38amPresident Trump flew to Utah today to announce plans to drastically reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. The unprecedented move would rip apart land that is invaluable to the Native American...
- President Trump expected to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments by two-thirds Tue, 5 Dec 17, 6:38amPresident Trump flew to Utah today to announce plans to drastically reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. The unprecedented move would rip apart land that is invaluable to the Native American...
- Meet the 9-year-old mobilizing 'an army of 4th graders' to protect national monuments from Trump Tue, 8 Aug 17, 5:24pmHas Donald Trump even been to a National Monument? Who knows, but 9-year-old Robbie Bond has, and he aims to protect them from the president and Interior chief Ryan Zinke...
- Trump signs executive order aimed at eliminating national monuments Thu, 27 Apr 17, 4:01amPresident Trump just signed an executive order that threatens millions of acres of public land. The order seeks to reduce or eliminate multiple national monuments across the US, potentially eliminating public access and water...
- House Republicans Hope to Block President Obama’s Ability to Form New National Monuments Wed, 26 Mar 14, 2:03amHouse Republicans are hoping to pass a bill tomorrow that would limit the ability of the president to designate new national monuments. The bill is called the “Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments...
- America’s National Parks Closed to Citizens (But Still Open for Oil & Gas Companies) Fri, 11 Oct 13, 4:00amWant a good example of political hypocrisy and blatant favoritism? The Government Shutdown mandates that all National Parks and Monuments be closed to visitors, disrupting trips that have been years in the making...