The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting areas for ecological, cultural, historical, or ...

On Jan. 7, with only days remaining in his presidency, President Joe Biden announced the designation of two new national monuments in California, protecting a combined 848,000 acres in Sáttítla ...

President Obama designated five new national monuments last week. April 1, 2013— -- intro: President Obama designated five new national monuments last week, one each in Delaware, Maryland., New ...

President Biden on Tuesday established two new national monuments in California, the latest in a flurry of major environmental initiatives affecting the Golden State as his presidency comes to a close ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation naming two new national monuments in California, protecting 848,000 acres of land the White House says are of scientific, cultural ...

Americans love their national parks and monuments. Perhaps you were one of the 332 million people who visited one of the 433 units of the National Park System in 2024? Yet, despite the public’s ...

The Justice Department has told the president he can abolish monuments. Six have already come under scrutiny at the Interior Department. During his sole term in office, former President Joe Biden ...

As the Trump administration considers oil, gas and mining on lands owned by all Americans, including in national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act, advocates for public lands warn that ...

The 1906 Antiquities Act gave presidents the power to protect objects on public lands. A Justice Dept. memo said the Act also ”carries with it the power to revoke.” A legal official at the Department ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s Congressional delegation is urging the trump administration to protect the state’s national monuments. Led by Senator Martin Heinrich, the Democratic coalition penned ...

"The national monuments at a glance": p. i-iii. "The national parks at a glance": p. iv. "List of monument custodians": recto of back cover. https://siris-libraries ...