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Photo: No known restrictions on publication. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #ClassicTerryAnderson: Bears Ears National Monument corrected, January 2018. 1of2. Terry Anderson @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/trumps-environmental-federal "In 1906, Congress passed and President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act, granting the executive the authority to establish national monuments without congressional approval. The stated purpose of the law was to protect “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.” There are now 129 national monuments, of which Roosevelt created 18. Since 1906, 15 presidents have created national monuments, and only Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush created none. Two big differences stand out in recent designations. First, they tend to be larger. Second, locking up large acreages without input from local residents has evoked the ire of those who live in the area and whose livelihoods depend on multiple uses of that land such as for grazing and energy development…"