Obama adds to his environmental legacy

[Witchit]

With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy

President Obama on Tuesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of site.

The designations further cement Obama’s environmental legacy as one of the most consequential — and contentious — in presidential history. He now has invoked his executive power to create national monuments 29 times during his tenure, establishing or expanding protections for more than 548 million acres of federal lands and waters.

Environmental groups have praised the conservation efforts, but critics say they amount to a federal land grab. Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by anti-government forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.

I can't wait until Trump takes office. It's going to be oodles of fun seeing him try to do his job, AND undo all the "damage" Obama has done.

 

[Bleipriester]

29 Obama monuments vs only one Kim Jong Il monument?

 

[yiostheoy]

The American Indians want this very much.

They are probably very happy about it.

 

[JakeStarkey]

With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy

President Obama on Tuesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of site.

The designations further cement Obama’s environmental legacy as one of the most consequential — and contentious — in presidential history. He now has invoked his executive power to create national monuments 29 times during his tenure, establishing or expanding protections for more than 548 million acres of federal lands and waters.

Environmental groups have praised the conservation efforts, but critics say they amount to a federal land grab. Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by anti-government forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.

I can't wait until Trump takes office. It's going to be oodles of fun seeing him try to do his job, AND undo all the "damage" Obama has done.

The 1906 Act has no provision to undo what a previous president has done.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Much of Utah is happy about Bear Ears National Monument.

"For the first time, Native American tribes will co-manage a national monument with the federal government. Five tribes that often have been at odds in the past — the Hopi, Navajo, Uintah and Ouray Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Pueblo of Zuni — will together have responsibility for protecting an area that contains well-preserved remnants of ancestral Pueblo sites dating back more than 3,500 years.

“We have always looked to Bear’s Ears as a place of refuge, as a place where we can gather herbs and medicinal plants, and a place of prayer and sacredness,” Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, said in a call with reporters Tuesday. “These places -- the rocks, the wind, the land – they are living, breathing things that deserve timely and lasting protection.”

I can hear Hatch, Lee, Bishop, Chaffetz, Stewart, and Love squealing.

 

[JakeStarkey]

 

[Manonthestreet]

Didnt know there was any land left in NV Govt didnt alrdy own.......Nevada is not a state.......

With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy

President Obama on Tuesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of site.

The designations further cement Obama’s environmental legacy as one of the most consequential — and contentious — in presidential history. He now has invoked his executive power to create national monuments 29 times during his tenure, establishing or expanding protections for more than 548 million acres of federal lands and waters.

Environmental groups have praised the conservation efforts, but critics say they amount to a federal land grab. Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by anti-government forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.

I can't wait until Trump takes office. It's going to be oodles of fun seeing him try to do his job, AND undo all the "damage" Obama has done.

The 1906 Act has no provision to undo what a previous president has done.

If it doesnt proscribe it,,,it can be done

 

[JakeStarkey]

Does not have to proscribe it. The document is active not negative. Congress could try to amend it, I suppose. The Senate would vote probably 61 or 62 against legislation sent to it. The Courts will uphold the law as is. It has always been so, and the far right, alt right, and coporatists in this case do not have the votes for it. For now anyway.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I am glad that we protect our environment...That is honorable and right.


With so many species going extinct...IT is up to us to protect the wild life on this planet and we should be protecting far more land then we're currently doing.

 

[yiostheoy]

This area has many historic treasures in it, all spread apart.

A unified national monument will develop it into a more accessible tourist destination.

People from all over the world come to see these southern Utah geological and anthropological wonders.

The evolution and development of the Native American peoples is just starting to be appreciated. They lived lives of perfect harmony with their environment, which was all spoiled by the guns and steel swords of Europeans whose own cultures were born and bred in chaotic wars.

This area will be a perfect national monument.