President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest.
Biden to review Trump s changes to national monuments
by Brady McCombs And Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 20, 2021 2:23 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT
SALT LAKE CITY President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.
The new Democratic president also plans to ask the Department of the Interior to reassess a rule change that allowed commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. The move was heralded by fishing groups and decried by environmentalists.
Published: Monday, December 28, 2020
In a span of just 223 days, then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke undertook a review of dozens of national monuments, recommended alterations, and then looked on as President Trump rolled back protection on more than 2 million acres of public lands.
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Many of the lines stopped abruptly at the border between Wyoming and Colorado. Except, of course, the deer themselves donât stop there. They keep wandering on for 30 or sometimes 40 miles following better food as snow piles in late fall and melts in the spring.