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611: 44: 33: 1145: 66: 162: 1156: 55: 605: 1051: 460:, removing protections on about 2.8 million acres of land where mining could resume. Three lawsuits challenged the legality of this action in federal court, and in October 2021, President Joe Biden reversed the changes. The restoration of the monuments has been challenged in court in an attempt to attack the Antiquities Act. 376:. This action was unpopular in Utah, and bills were introduced to further restrict the president's authority, none of which have been enacted. Most of the 16 national monuments created by President Clinton are managed not by the National Park Service, but by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the 313:
after Congress had declined to authorize this park expansion. Roosevelt's proclamation unleashed a storm of criticism about use of the Antiquities Act to circumvent Congress. A bill abolishing Jackson Hole National Monument passed Congress but was vetoed by Roosevelt, and Congressional and court
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investigations and penalties for taking or destroying antiquities without permission. Additionally, it authorized the president to proclaim "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" on federal lands as national monuments, "the
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ruled unanimously that the Grand Canyon was indeed "an object of historic or scientific interest" and could be protected by proclamation, setting a precedent for the use of the Antiquities Act to preserve large areas. Federal courts have since rejected every challenge to the president's use of
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challenges to the proclamation authority were mounted. In 1950, Congress finally incorporated most of the monument into Grand Teton National Park, but the act doing so barred further use of the proclamation authority in Wyoming except for areas of 5,000 acres or less.
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In response to Roosevelt's declaration of the Grand Canyon monument, a putative mining claimant sued in federal court, claiming that Roosevelt had overstepped the Antiquities Act authority by protecting an entire canyon. In 1920, the
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Presidents have used the Antiquities Act's proclamation authority not only to create new national monuments but to enlarge existing ones. For example, Franklin D. Roosevelt significantly enlarged
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in the U.S. must be created by Congressional legislation. Some national monuments were first created by presidential action and later designated as national parks by congressional approval.
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or an act of Congress. National monuments protect a wide variety of natural and historic resources, including sites of geologic, marine, archaeological, and cultural importance. The
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Antiquities Act preservation authority, ruling that the law gives the president exclusive discretion over the determination of the size and nature of the objects protected.
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limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected."
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proclaimed 17 new national monuments in Alaska after Congress had adjourned without passing a major Alaska lands bill. Congress passed
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Shafer, Craig L. "History of selection and system planning for US natural area national parks and monuments: beauty and biology".
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The reference in the act to "objects of ... scientific interest" enabled President Theodore Roosevelt to make a natural
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President George W. Bush created four marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, the largest in the system: the
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of 1906 gives presidents the power to proclaim national monuments by executive action. In contrast,
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Trump dramatically shrinks two national monuments in Utah, assailing rule by 'distant bureaucrats'
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A national park in the wasteland: American and National Park Service perceptions of the desert
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This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments
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and artifacts (collectively termed "antiquities") on federal lands in the American West.
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The most substantial use of the proclamation authority came in 1978, when President
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The proclamation authority was not used again anywhere until 1996, when President
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significantly expanded two of them and added a fifth in the Atlantic Ocean, the
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The Clinton National Monuments: Protecting Ecosystems with the Antiquities Act
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National monuments to national parks: The use of the Antiquities Act of 1906
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In December 2017, President Donald Trump substantially reduced the sizes of
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The Proclamation of National Monuments Under the Antiquities Act, 1906-1970
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incorporating most of these national monuments into national parks and
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Substantial opposition did not materialize until 1943, when President
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Supt. Frank "Boss" Pinkley – the southwestern national monuments, 1934
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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of 1906 resulted from concerns about protecting mostly prehistoric
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that can be created from any land owned or controlled by the
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National monuments and economic growth in the American West
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Preserving different pasts: The American national monuments
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Monuments assigned protected status by presidents of the US
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Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
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List of areas in the United States National Park System
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Walls, Margaret, Patrick Lee, and Matthew Ashenfarb. "
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The Antiquities Act authorized permits for legitimate
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Official announcement from White House Press Office
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Index

National Monument (United States)

Devils Tower National Monument

Navajo National Monument

Statue of Liberty National Monument

Fort Matanzas National Monument
United States
protected area
federal government
proclamation
president of the United States
Antiquities Act
national parks
The 134 national monuments
National Park Service
United States Forest Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
War Department
Theodore Roosevelt
Devils Tower
Wyoming

archaeological
Dinosaur National Monument
Lyndon B. Johnson

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