As Trump, Republicans Toy with Selling Off Public Lands, Is Santa Cruz’s Own Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument Protected?

As Trump, Republicans toy with selling off public lands, is Santa Cruz’s own Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument protected?

Nearly a decade after its designation, Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument is set to open next month — protected by deed restrictions even as threats to public lands loom in D.C. The post As Trump, Republicans toy with selling off public lands, is Santa Cruz’s own Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument protected? appeared first on Lookout Santa Cruz.

Usage and management of public lands

The administration is pushing policies to open public land, some 59 million acres of national forest, for road construction and drilling. For Reuters, Ally Levine, Soumya Karmwa, and Travis Hartman mapped and charted current usage and management, emphasizing the importance of these protected areas. Public lands have balanced a variety of uses from drilling for oil and gas, mining for various minerals and logging to conservation and recreation. E…

Eroding protections for public lands