As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources.
The review — laid out in a Monday order from new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — is raising alarms among conservation groups concerned that President Donald Trump will shrink or eliminate monuments established by his predecessors, including Democrat Joe Biden.
Burgum gave agency officials until Feb. 18 to submit plans on how to comply with his order.
Among the sites most at risk are Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, where state officials fought against their creation. Grand Staircase-Escalante holds large coal reserves, and the Bears Ears area has uranium.
Posted by John3262005
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Conservatives not giving a fuck about nature is something I don’t understand. These are the people who devote their entire identity to fishing, hunting, and offroading. Being an outdoorsman is a huge in-group signal for them.
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Guardrails bros? Are you stil alive?
Wait weren’t they planning to do this about cresting super cities in the desert or something…does anyone remember this?
edit: It was freedom cities lol
y’all ever try watching an episode of west wing and die inside
I’m sure an added bonus for republicans is that they would be annexing a site that is of religious, archeological, and cultural importance to at least 5 native Utah tribes.
Fr we should bulldozer alll the parks
Uranium? Surely they will be building reactors too, right?