Showing posts with label public lands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public lands. 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...
May 17, 2018

Park Service signs deal to round up Death Valley’s wild burros

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A wild burro stands in Death Valley National Park. The agency has entered into a five-year agreement with a nonprofit rescue group to remo...
December 12, 2017

Court upholds Obama-era ban on uranium mining near Grand Canyon

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The Kanab North uranium mine near the Grand Canyon above Kanab Creek. (Mark Henle/The Republic) Joshua Bowling WKYC.com PHOENIX — T...
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...
August 24, 2017

Review of monuments’ designation justified

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Rep. Paul Cook, R-Apple Valley, represents the High Desert in the House of Representatives. OPINION By Rep. Paul Cook Desert Dispatch...
August 18, 2017

Lawmaker wants to shrink Castle Mountains monument to make more room for a gold mine

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Castle Mountains National Monument surrounds the Castle Mountain gold mine which a Canadian company is looking to reopen. (Photo: Jay Cald...
August 16, 2017

One California desert national monument is safe — but another is still in jeopardy

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Sand to Snow National Monument includes the Devil's Playground area just west of Highway 62, which is populated by many species of cac...
July 31, 2017

Zinke caps review of Nevada monuments with Bunkerville visit

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke talks to the media on July 30, 2017 while visiting Southern Nevada. By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Jour...
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 3, 2017

Utah Legislature votes to shed Bears Ears monument designation

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By Amy Joi O'Donoghue Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — An indignant Utah Senate voted 22-6 Friday to urge the unraveling of the Bears ...
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 16, 2017

Rule easing public lands transfer concerns hunters, others

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FILE - In this July 23, 2003 file photo, a pronghorn antelope doe keeps watch as two fawns peer out from tall grass in the heart of southe...