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Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains why reducing the protected area has profound religious and cultural consequences.
President Donald Trump is trying to prescribe the style and content of many federal sites to highlight his own authority and promote a particular view of America.
Human society has marked collective dead for millennia. Such monuments have changed with the evolving nature of conflict, something Ukraine is now weighing.
Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. The Antiquities Act defines them.
The Interior Department manages about one-fifth of all US land. Its secretary mediates among many competing uses for it, from recreation to energy production.
How should opposing armies be commemorated on a battlefield? Gettysburg offers an especially interesting example of today’s debates over Confederate monuments.
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
If confirmed, US Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be the first Native American to run the agency that interacts with tribal nations. But her agenda extends far beyond Indian Country.
Republicans and Democrats take sharply different positions on managing US public lands, but there’s solid consensus on some issues.
Border wall construction through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona is encroaching on a site where people from many cultures have interacted for thousands of years.
As Bulguria’s iconic Buzludzha monument attracts international investment, a survey has found that the country’s people want more of their Communist monuments to be conserved.
Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic sites can remind Americans of the heritage, good and bad, that they share.
Can presidents undo decisions by their predecessors to protect federal lands from development? A recent court ruling on offshore drilling says no, and could also affect contested lands in Utah.
Twenty-two years ago, President Clinton established Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for paleontological conservation. As the Trump administration shrinks its borders, that mission is jeopardized.
The US has yet to fully undergo a process of truth and reconciliation.
President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Four legal experts explain why this action is likely to be reversed.
Environmental law and natural resource experts respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposals to shrink four national monuments and allow logging, fishing and other activities in six more.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calls himself “a Teddy Roosevelt guy,” but supports many actions that critics call anti-conservation, such as shrinking national monuments and fast-tracking energy projects.
Within the next month, the Trump administration may move to abolish or shrink up to two dozen national monuments. Our experts explain why these sites matter and whether presidents can undo them.
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Policy and Practice, UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
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Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
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Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Biology and Anthropology, Indiana University
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W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
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Assistant Professor of Law & Co-Director, Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic, University of Montana
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GIS and Policy Analyst, Boise State University
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural History, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut
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Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, University Distinguished Professor, University of Utah
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Professor of Law, University of Montana
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Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine