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Posted bymrjazzyin/politics-Apr 26 at 11:25 AM

Zinke to review large national monuments created since 1996 'to make sure the people have a voice'

Zinke to review large national monuments created since 1996 'to make sure the people have a voice'

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday evening that President Trump has authorized him to review any national monument created since Jan. 1, 1996 that spans at least 100,000 acres "to make sure the people have a voice" in which lands receive the highest level of federal protection.

washingtonpost.com
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  • mrjazzyApr 26 at 11:25 AM

    Zinke said he will examine whether any designations had led to “loss of jobs, reduced wages and reduced public access” because “some of these areas were put off limits for traditional uses, like farming, ranching, timber harvest, mining, oil and gas exploration, fishing, and motorized recreation.”

    “We’ll look at what sectors were affected, plus or minus, and that will be part of the recommendation… Some jobs would probably be created by recreation opportunities,” he said. ““By and large, the Antiquities Act and the monuments that we have protected have done a great service to the public and are some of our most treasured lands in this country… Those out in the West would probably say it’s abused.”

    So if a job creator can make money on the land that is more important then anything else.

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