The “anti-TR” campaign begins.. Let’s not save land let’s consume land. Look I’m no hunter or tree-hugger but something about leaving pristine land alone as it is sounds pretty damn good to me. Sure open federal lands for hunting, fishing and camping not for drilling, carving, dredging and commercial usage. Why does everyone want to blacktop every inch of land – PB/TK
Can Republicans eliminate one of Obama’s national monuments? –Weston Williams Christian Science Monitor Staff
—Just a few days before leaving office, President Barack Obama designated the Bears Ears landscape in Utah a national monument, one of several national monuments created by the president in the final weeks of his administration. But now, Utah Republicans in the State Senate and US Congress hope to eliminate or drastically reduce the size of Bears Ears.
No national monument of this size has ever been overturned.
On Friday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a non-binding resolution asking President Trump to rescind Mr. Obama’s order, which passed the State Senate with a strong majority vote of 22 to 6, largely along party lines. In Congress, Rep. Rob Bishop (R) of Utah, the chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, has also pledged his help to eliminate the monument. But despite Republican unity on the issue, it could prove difficult to remove Bears Ears from federal protection.
“Under the Antiquities Act, there is no ability of having any input,” Rep. Bishop told NPR.
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