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12-05-2017, 03:56 AM
Photos of the majestic public lands Trump just opened to drilling and hunting
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Normally, presidents seek to burnish their legacy by designating large tracts of land or swaths of the ocean off limits to development, to be preserved for future generations.*
But President Trump is not a typical president.*
On Monday, he traveled to Salt Lake City to sign proclamations that slash two national monuments — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — by more than 80 percent and 45 percent, respectively.*
Environmental and Native American rights groups are denouncing the actions, which could eventually allow oil and gas drilling (http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5351997&itype=CMSID), as well as coal mining, off-road vehicles, and hunting, to occur on former Native American burial sites and other sacred grounds.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/trump-the-drilling-president-cuts-bears-ears-grand-staircase/)
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Normally, presidents seek to burnish their legacy by designating large tracts of land or swaths of the ocean off limits to development, to be preserved for future generations.*
But President Trump is not a typical president.*
On Monday, he traveled to Salt Lake City to sign proclamations that slash two national monuments — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — by more than 80 percent and 45 percent, respectively.*
Environmental and Native American rights groups are denouncing the actions, which could eventually allow oil and gas drilling (http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5351997&itype=CMSID), as well as coal mining, off-road vehicles, and hunting, to occur on former Native American burial sites and other sacred grounds.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/trump-the-drilling-president-cuts-bears-ears-grand-staircase/)
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