Public Comment Period for National Monument Review

[DLJeff]

President Trump signed an executive order requesting a review of selected national monument designations. The review encompasses designations that occurred since 2000 and parcels 100,000 acres and larger. The public comment period will open May 12. State governments and private industries such as logging and mining firms have expressed concern about these designations.

Go here to add your comment: https://www.regulations.gov/

I understand the Federal Government can and has overstepped its bounds. But I think the more land that can be protected as national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906 the better for everyone concerned, whether they realize it or not.

[Darian]

IMO, this sounds like divide and conquer tactics. I've read the list of monuments to be reviewed and I'd bet that due to the number of them on the list for review there's no real intent to take public comment into account. Better to defend the protection of public lands from conversion to state or private entities as a whole.