{"id":167000,"date":"2021-10-08T23:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=167000"},"modified":"2021-10-08T23:12:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:12:38","slug":"biden-increases-size-of-three-controversial-national-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=167000","title":{"rendered":"Biden increases size of three controversial National Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"167001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=167001\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0road-g263b03d99_1920-800&amp;#215;533-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167001\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?resize=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0road-g263b03d99_1920-800x533-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s decision to expand the monuments is disappointing, though not surprising. For the past 10 months, we have consistently offered to work with the Biden Administration on a permanent, legislative solution, one that would end the perpetual enlarging and shrinking of these monuments and bring certainty to their management. Our goal has been to make lasting progress on managing our public lands for the benefit of all those who use them, particularly those who live on and near those lands. We expected and hoped for closer collaboration between our state and national leaders, especially on matters that directly impact Utah and our citizens. The president\u2019s decision to enlarge the monuments again is a tragic missed opportunity \u2014 it fails to provide certainty as well as the funding for law enforcement, research, and other protections which the monuments need and which only Congressional action can offer.\u201d \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/xn--we%20expected%20and%20hoped%20for%20closer%20collaboration%20between%20our%20state%20and%20national%20leaders%2C%20especially%20on%20matters%20that%20directly%20impact%20utah%20and%20our%20citizens-v612k.xn--%20the%20presidents%20decision%20to%20enlarge%20the%20monuments%20again%20is%20a%20tragic%20missed%20opportunity%20%20it%20fails%20to%20provide%20certainty%20as%20well%20as%20the%20funding%20for%20law%20enforcement%2C%20research%2C%20and%20other%20protections%20which%20the%20monuments%20need%20and%20which%20only%20congressional%20action%20can%20offer-hv34u1ub.\/\">Utah delegation in letter<\/a>&nbsp;to Biden administration against expanding Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 220 of District of Conservation, Gabriella revisits national monument designations in wake of the Biden administration\u2019s decision to restore three sites to pre-Trump levels. Learn about the response from Utah, what the Antiquities Act allows, and how national monuments can, ironically, keep sportsmen and women out if few stakeholders are involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-podcast-player jetpack-podcast-player__direct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/district-of-conservation\/support\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/district-of-conservation\/support<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">CFACT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2WY2l6c\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/2WY2l6c<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 8, 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s decision to expand the monuments is disappointing, though not surprising. For the past 10 months, we have consistently offered to work with the Biden Administration on a permanent, legislative solution, one that would end the perpetual enlarging and shrinking of these monuments and bring certainty to their management. Our goal has been to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-Hry","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":249975,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249975","url_meta":{"origin":167000,"position":0},"title":"Can Biden designate national monuments on a whim?","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"28\/03\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In Episode 349 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses her first Fox News Channel hit, President Biden unveiling two new national monuments and the controversies surrounding them.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1190.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1190.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1190.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1190.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1190.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":427752,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427752","url_meta":{"origin":167000,"position":1},"title":"Trump reopens vast swath of waters off northeastern coast to commercial fishing","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"24\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the nation\u2019s richest fishing grounds \u2014 put off-limits to commercial use by the Obama and Biden administrations \u2014 is once again open for business, courtesy of a proclamation issued by the Trump White House.","rel":"","context":"In \"\u201cUnleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic\u201d\"","block_context":{"text":"\u201cUnleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Atlantic\u201d","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=unleashing-american-commercial-fishing-in-the-atlantic"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00Screenshot-2026-02-24-182500.png?fit=1200%2C747&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00Screenshot-2026-02-24-182500.png?fit=1200%2C747&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00Screenshot-2026-02-24-182500.png?fit=1200%2C747&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00Screenshot-2026-02-24-182500.png?fit=1200%2C747&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00Screenshot-2026-02-24-182500.png?fit=1200%2C747&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":293608,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293608","url_meta":{"origin":167000,"position":2},"title":"Mimbres Peaks in New Mexico could be Biden\u2019s next land grab","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/01\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In Episode 407 of District of Conservation, Gabriella kicks off 2024 with a must-listen episode on what is likely Biden\u2019s next national monument designation: Mimbres Peaks in Luna County, NM. 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