By — Matthew Daly, Associated Press Matthew Daly, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bears-ears-gold-butte-27-national-monuments-reviewed-trump-administration Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter From Bears Ears to Gold Butte, here are the 27 national monuments being reviewed by the Trump administration Politics May 5, 2017 5:35 PM EDT WASHINGTON — The Interior Department has released a list of 27 national monuments it is reviewing under a presidential order, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine. A list released Friday includes 22 monuments on federal land in 11 states and five marine monuments in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The review includes a huge reserve in Hawaii established in 2006 and expanded by President Barack Obama. The reviews were expected under an executive order issued last month by President Donald Trump, but the White House had not released a list of specific projects. Trump’s April 26 order could upend protections put in place under a 1906 law that authorizes the president to declare federal lands and waters as monuments and restrict their use. Here’s a list of all the national monuments up for review, per the Interior’s website: 1. Basin and Range in Nevada 2. Bears Ears in Utah 3. Berryessa Snow Mountain in California 4. Canyons of the Ancients in Colorado 5. Carrizo Plain in California 6. Cascade Siskiyou in Oregon 7. Craters of the Moon in Idaho 8. Giant Sequoia in California 9. Gold Butte in Nevada 10. Grand Canyon-Parashant in Arizona 11. Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah 12. Hanford Reach in Washington 13. Ironwood Forest in Arizona 14. Mojave Trails in California 15. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in New Mexico 16. Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico 17. Sand to Snow in California 18. San Gabriel Mountains in California 19. Sonoran Desert in Arizona 20. Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana 21. Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona 22. Katahadin Woods and Waters in Maine 23. Marianas Trench in the CNMI/Pacific Ocean 24. Northeast Canyons and Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean 25. Pacific Remote Islands in the Pacific Ocean 26. Papahanaumokuakea in Hawaii/Pacific Ocean 27. Rose Atoll in American Samoa/Pacific Ocean By — Matthew Daly, Associated Press Matthew Daly, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department has released a list of 27 national monuments it is reviewing under a presidential order, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine. A list released Friday includes 22 monuments on federal land in 11 states and five marine monuments in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The review includes a huge reserve in Hawaii established in 2006 and expanded by President Barack Obama. The reviews were expected under an executive order issued last month by President Donald Trump, but the White House had not released a list of specific projects. Trump’s April 26 order could upend protections put in place under a 1906 law that authorizes the president to declare federal lands and waters as monuments and restrict their use. Here’s a list of all the national monuments up for review, per the Interior’s website: 1. Basin and Range in Nevada 2. Bears Ears in Utah 3. Berryessa Snow Mountain in California 4. Canyons of the Ancients in Colorado 5. Carrizo Plain in California 6. Cascade Siskiyou in Oregon 7. Craters of the Moon in Idaho 8. Giant Sequoia in California 9. Gold Butte in Nevada 10. Grand Canyon-Parashant in Arizona 11. Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah 12. Hanford Reach in Washington 13. Ironwood Forest in Arizona 14. Mojave Trails in California 15. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in New Mexico 16. Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico 17. Sand to Snow in California 18. San Gabriel Mountains in California 19. Sonoran Desert in Arizona 20. Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana 21. Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona 22. Katahadin Woods and Waters in Maine 23. Marianas Trench in the CNMI/Pacific Ocean 24. Northeast Canyons and Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean 25. Pacific Remote Islands in the Pacific Ocean 26. Papahanaumokuakea in Hawaii/Pacific Ocean 27. Rose Atoll in American Samoa/Pacific Ocean