President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Department of the
Interior to review over 20 years of national monuments designated under the
Antiquities Act. Utah's Bears Ears National Monument will receive special
attention.

Consider contacting our U.S. Senators and Congressman about this issue.

Since Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will lead the review process,
let's remind him that these national monuments were created with
overwhelming public support and must remain protected

Call 1-202-601-3839 <tel:%2012026013839>  and tell Secretary Zinke that any
attempts to revoke or shrink our national monuments is an assault on our
historical, cultural, and natural heritage. Tell him our public lands must
be protected for generations to come. 

The Antiquities Act was signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1906 to
safeguard and preserve federal lands and cultural and historical sites for
all people to enjoy. Since then, 16 presidents have used this authority to
protect stunning landscapes, including the Grand Canyon, Acadia, Zion, and
Olympic national parks. More recently, the Act has also been used to protect
places like Bears Ears -- spanning 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah
and home to centuries worth of cultural artifacts including cliff dwellings,
hogans, pictographs, and sites sacred to Native Americans. 

Our public lands help define who we are as a nation. Instead of asking which
parts of our history and heritage we could eliminate, the Trump
administration should be asking how we can make our outdoors reflect the
full story of our country. 

Thanks for all you do to protect our public lands, 

Dan Ritzman
Western Public Lands Protection Director
Sierra Club 

Source:
1. Whieldon, Esther. "Trump to order review of national monuments
<http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=763fd0dcdc5af1f532309fd2fe0e24229d31
aec263e11a696bc50b7376f53fa1a612a02871b164fa8e7b1a9b9e241ca7593ff381cfc8d99c
> ." Politico. 4/25/2017.

For more information:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/25/zinke-t
o-review-large-national-monuments-created-since-1996-to-make-sure-the-people
-have-a-voice/?utm_term=.ea038ab25e80

 

Forwarded by Jane Clark


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