Trump just got OK to shrink (or abolish) national monuments

Since Trump’s 2024 election victory, he has been intently focused on clearing “obstacles” to the exploration and production of energy resources on public lands.

Conservation organizations called the opinion “blatantly politicized” and an attempt to “rewrite over a century of history and long-standing interpretation.” They said it threatens more than 13.5 million acres of national monuments.

The opinion “lays the groundwork for unravelling national monuments and dismantling the Antiquities Act, a bedrock conservation law that grants presidents authority and discretion to protect lands with historical, cultural and scientific significance,” stated the Wilderness Society.

Dinah Voyles