Interior secretary recommends Trump alter at least three national monuments.

mtmiller said:

I believe there were 28 or 29 designations under Obama. Three of them occurred "as he walked out the door". Maybe he should have done those three in his first-term as they seem to be very popular with the majority. It may have cost him UT though. ;-)

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Sytes said:

What is the opposition towards oil and gas?

Maybe instead of toeing the partisan line, we put the scientific community and the play use community of our National lands - Monuments, Parks, etc together to find a way to extract with minimal impact... Your going have to give some and if you don't... well, the ultimatum method, meh... friendly discussion.

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Sytes said:

What is the opposition towards oil and gas?

Maybe instead of toeing the partisan line, we put the scientific community and the play use community of our National lands - Monuments, Parks, etc together to find a way to extract with minimal impact... Your going have to give some and if you don't... well, the ultimatum method, meh... friendly discussion.

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mtmiller said:

Which Monuments are only recreational use? Just "friendly discussion".

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6speed said:

Craters of the Moon NPS national monument but it's getting left alone and some of the locals want it a NP.

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