#Utah officials pillage public lands — again: BLM greenlights St. George highway; Lawmakers look to repeal GSENM management plan — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)

#Utah officials pillage public lands — again: BLM greenlights St. George highway; Lawmakers look to repeal GSENM management plan — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)

The Antiquities Act of 1906 was signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt, for “… the protection of objects of historic and scientific interest” through the designation of national monuments by the President and Congress. National monuments are one of the types of specially-designated areas that make up the BLM’s National Conservation Lands. Some of the earliest national monuments included Devils Tower, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley. They were …