The article by Lila Seidman discusses the ongoing conflict between protecting national monuments and resource extraction interests in the U.S., particularly in California. It highlights recent actions by the Biden administration to create new monuments while referencing the potential threats posed by past executive orders from the Trump administration aimed at reducing protections for federal lands. The National Parks Conservation Association warns about the potential consequences of these orders, which could undermine decades of conservation efforts and open up previously protected areas to development.
This Secretarial Order aims to dismantle over a century of protections, threatening to open up monuments from Devils Tower to Bears Ears with a dangerous blanket order designed to prioritize resource extraction over conservation.
Before leaving office earlier this year, then-President Biden declared two new national monuments in California: Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla National Monument, showcasing a stark contrast in priorities between administrations.
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