Ep 31: The Incredible Shrinking Monuments

Ep 31: The Incredible Shrinking Monuments

Author: Trump on Earth December 21, 2017 Duration: 27:19

A few weeks ago, President Trump approved the largest rollback of federal land protection in our country's history. Trump's announcement to drastically slash the size of two national monuments in Utah - Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante among additional changes to other national monuments - was not a surprise. But it has been controversial. The day after Trump signed the order, the outdoor recreation company Patagonia posted a message on its website under the headline, "The President Stole Your Land." Patagonia has joined a flurry of lawsuits challenging whether President Trump has the authority to undo or change monuments created by past presidents. So does the Antiquities Act allow presidents to roll back national monuments? On this episode, we hear from John Ruple, associate professor of law at the Wallace Stegner Center for Land Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah. He's also a member of Friends of Cedar Mesa, one of the groups that is suing President Trump over his revisions to Bears Ears.


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