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Nonilex*<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a>* in Western states especially have long seen the president’s power to unilaterally set aside land as an example of federal overreach, w/many viewing it as a burdensome restriction on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drilling</a>.…During his confirmation hearing, Interior Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DougBurgum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DougBurgum</a> said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiquitiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiquitiesAct</a> is meant only for small, “Indiana Jones-type archeological” sites.🤦🏼‍♀️<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredLand</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalMonuments</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicLands</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexSigned into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> by President Theodore Roosevelt, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiquitiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiquitiesAct</a> of 1906 gives presidents vast powers to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protect</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lands</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waters</a> through the creation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalMonuments</a>. But the law is quiet on whether presidents can remove designations set by their predecessors.  The Bureau of Land Management administers ~17k square miles of national monuments in the West….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredLand</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicLands</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitats</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalLaw</a>

NonilexThe push would spark an intense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> fight over the right of a president to grant sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lands</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protections</a> under the 1906 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiquitiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiquitiesAct</a> — & take them away. In his 1st term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> became the 1st president in more than half a century to modify existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalMonuments</a> when he drastically shrank the boundaries of Utah’s Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante—only for Pres Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>🦸‍♂️to reverse the cuts.  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicLands</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

nationalparksFull text and map of two new national monuments via the Federal Register: Chuckwalla National Monument <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01441/establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01441/establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument</a> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01441.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01441.pdf</a>Sáttítla Highlands National Monument <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01443/establishment-of-the-stttla-highlands-national-monument" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01443/establishment-of-the-stttla-highlands-national-monument</a><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01443.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01443.pdf</a>Both monuments were established under the authority of the Antiquities Act. Chuckwalla National Monument will be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will be managed by the U.S. Forest Service <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/antiquitiesact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiquitiesact</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nationalmonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalmonument</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publiclands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publiclands</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/usfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usfs</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/forestservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestservice</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/proclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proclamation</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/federalregister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federalregister</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a>

nationalparksChuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument established via the Antiquities Act. Chuckwalla National Monument will be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will be managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Learn more about the new national monuments at <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/</a> and <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-celebrates-president-bidens-designation-chuckwalla-national" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-celebrates-president-bidens-designation-chuckwalla-national</a> and <a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/01/07/usda-celebrates-president-bidens-sattitla-highlands-monument-designation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/01/07/usda-celebrates-president-bidens-sattitla-highlands-monument-designation</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/antiquitiesact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiquitiesact</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nationalmonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalmonument</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publiclands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publiclands</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blm</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/usfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usfs</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/forestservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestservice</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/proclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proclamation</a>

Western Watersheds ProjectUtah can't handle the truth: Presidents can (and must!) designate national monuments. "On Monday, Utah filed its intent to appeal the ruling to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, the logical next step in the case. If the court doesn’t deliver a ruling Cox and other leaders want, then it could be further appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court." <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AntiquitiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiquitiesAct</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BearsEars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearsEars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GrandStaircase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrandStaircase</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalMonuments</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ShashJaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShashJaa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UtahPols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UtahPols</a> <a href="https://www.upr.org/environment/2023-08-15/lawsuit-over-bears-ears-grand-staircase-dismissed-state-to-appeal?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=34aea9aa75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_15_01_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-34aea9aa75-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.upr.org/environment/2023-08-15/lawsuit-over-bears-ears-grand-staircase-dismissed-state-to-appeal?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=34aea9aa75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_15_01_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-34aea9aa75-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D</a>

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