The Federal Land-Grab Dreams of Donald Trump
Author Marc Rehmann criticizes President Donald Trump's decision to repeal protections for national monuments.
With his recent decision to eliminate protections for two million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah, however, President Trump can truthfully lay claim to a superlative. He has now attempted the largest rollback of protections for public lands in U.S. history.
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Authors

Marc Rehmann
Senior Campaign Manager, Law of the Land Project