Congress must reform the Antiquities Act
President Biden is offender in chief.
President Biden is offender in chief.
The Biden administration is likely eyeing 245,000 federal land acres in Luna County, NM for its next national monument designation to be named Mimbres Peaks National Monument.
What’s a sure-fire way to drive up the cost of food? Limit its supply.
What are national monuments? Why does President Biden want to enlarge them? What implications could arise by his recent actions? Gabriella dives deep into this on the podcast today.
With the stroke of a pen President Trump is giving Utah's land back to the public.
President Obama infamously said, "I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions." This he did with a vengeance. One of the most egregious areas he wielded his pen was in expanding federal control over wilderness areas with use of the “Antiquities Act.”
CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen lauds President Trump's call for a review of recent land withdrawals under the Antiquities Act -- as do residents of western states whose economic and personal freedom has been severely impinged by these heartless actions by grandstanding Presidents. While federal agencies own just 0.3% of Connecticut and Iowa, and 0.6% of New York, they own, manage and control 63% of all land in Utah; 61% in Alaska and Idaho; 80% in Nevada; 29% to 53% in the other western states. Restrictive federal land use policies severely affect job creation and economic opportunities for states, communities, families and our nation as a whole, for little environmental benefit.
The “century-old” Antiquities Act gives President Obama the authority to designate national monument status even if there’s no actual monument erected. A national monument designation makes the locale off limits to development. President Obama has used this “emergency” designation nine times—six times in the past year. The Sierra Club wants it used more.