Showing posts with label land grab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label land grab. Show all posts
February 2, 2019

A monumental flight over Mojave Trails

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Mojave Desert Land Trust aerial tour shows splendor of national monument whose status could be reassessed Amboy Crater is a significant geol...
December 6, 2017

Trump administration hints at changes to California desert's smallest national monument

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President Barack Obama used his executive authority under the Antiquities Act to protect this lush expanse of Joshua trees in the Castle M...
December 4, 2017

Trump shrinks Utah monuments created by Obama, Clinton

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Vice President Al Gore applauds after President Bill Clinton signs a bill designating about 1.7 million acres of land in southern Utah...
April 26, 2017

Trump executive order puts Sand to Snow, Mojave Trails national monuments in crosshairs

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The Mojave Trails National Monument spans 1.6 million acres that offer a stunning mosaic of rugged mountain ranges, ancient lava flows and s...
February 27, 2017

Joshua trees meet very different fates in California, Arizona

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The sun goes down on Joshua trees at Castle Mountains National Monument in eastern California on Feb. 1, 2016. Private land across not far...
February 15, 2017

Nonprofit land trust turns over 3,000 acres to Mojave National Preserve

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An entrance to Mojave National Preserve on Zzyzx Road near Baker, Calif. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) Associated Press Los Angel...
January 19, 2017

Trump can scale back monument designations, experts say

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Legal experts say the Trump administration has the authority to scale back national monuments designated by other presidents, but that such ...
January 17, 2017

Congressman: Obama says no to Grand Canyon Monument

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The proposed Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument would encompass 1.7 million acres in northern Arizona. By Loretta Yerian W...
January 1, 2017

Obama’s public lands policy leaves legacy of conflict

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Push to control state lands at odds with locals Interior Secretary Sally Jewell looks from Dead Horse Point, near Moab, Utah, where Presiden...
December 31, 2016

Utahns aim to ‘Trump’ Bears Ears monument designation

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Protesters demonstrate against the new Bears Ear National Monument in San Juan County. President Barack Obama expanded his environmental l...
December 28, 2016

President Obama declares Gold Butte a national monument

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By GARY MARTIN and HENRY BREAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama stepped into a swirling land-use controvers...

Obama creates national monuments in Utah, Nevada

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Proposed Bears Ears National Monument. (Grand Canyon Trust) BY TIMOTHY CAMA The Hill P resident Obama protected two massive areas in...
December 27, 2016

BLM bans new mining claims in protected desert land areas

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By Jim Steinberg San Bernardino Sun T he federal Bureau of Land Management wants to halt new mining claims from sprouting up on more tha...
December 13, 2016

Family fights government in land dispute near Area 51

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Dispute over historic Groom Mine in Nevada pits Air Force against local family near Area 51 http://video.foxnews.com/v/5244593192001/ By ...
February 12, 2016

President designates 1.8 million acres of desert as national monuments

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By Matthew Cabe Desert Dispatch L ocal reactions were mixed — if not negative — Friday in the wake of President Obama’s early-morning ...