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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Thursday he has sent recommendations from his review of more than two dozen national monuments to President Donald Trump, indicating that some could be scaled back to allow for more hunting and fishing and economic development.
The recommendations follow a 120-day study of 27 national monuments across the country, created by presidents since 1996, that Trump ordered in April as part of his broader effort to increase development on federal lands.
The review has cheered energy, mining, ranching and timber advocates but has drawn widespread criticism and threats of lawsuits from conservation groups and the outdoor recreation industry.
There were fears that Zinke would recommend the outright elimination of some of the monuments on the list, but on Thursday, speaking to the Associated Press in Billings, Montana, he said he will not recommend eliminating any.
Zinke said in a statement that the recommendations would "provide a much needed change for the local communities who border and rely on these lands for hunting and fishing, economic development, traditional uses, and recreation." He did not specify which monuments he plans to recommend be scaled back.
The Associated Press reported that Zinke said he would recommend changing the boundaries for a "handful" of sites.
If you're taking millions of acres off the table for one site, you fail at knowing the definition of a monument.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-interior-monuments-idUSKCN1B41YA
Also at RT, CNN, The Washington Post and The Hill.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @03:23PM (6 children)
It takes resources to manifest "art, beauty, love, excitement, fun, adventure, compassion, altruism". Stop trying to ignore that fact.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @03:32PM (3 children)
Not ignoring that fact, you are under the mistaken impression that no one here understands your argument. Quite they opposite, your arguments are understood and found to be limited and flawed. You're mixing up the general definition of profit with the capitalistic idea of privatized profits. Enough examples and arguments have already been put forth, continue with your persecution complex if you want.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @03:38PM (2 children)
Those "examples" provide no damage to the argument that I've put forward.
With regard to "mixing up" the meaning of profit, please see here. [soylentnews.org]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 01 2017, @04:46PM (1 child)
No, go troll somewhere else.
(Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday September 01 2017, @06:43PM
One cannot "go troll somewhere else"! SoylentNews is the only place left! The green site, Rivendell, all of then have been privatized, and now for some reason there are not enough resources to troll, and most functions have been taken over by mindless, souless, amoral and incontinent robots. And it is starting even here! First they came for Bear's Ears, and then they came for Soylent, and then there was nowhere to troll at all.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday September 01 2017, @06:53PM (1 child)
not even the high-quality paint that Artistes use.
Therefore the Mona Lisa is worth about seventy-five clams.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 02 2017, @04:04AM
"Mona Lisa is worth about seventy-five clams"
That's the start of a good clam bake, but just the start. I'll meet you out on the mudflats, and we'll get serious about clamming.