With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy

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Source: The Washington Post

By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis December 28 at 5:00 PM

President Obama on Tuesday created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in southeastern Utah and in a swath of Nevada desert, after years of political fights over the fate of site.

The designations further cement Obama’s environmental legacy as one of the most consequential — and contentious — in presidential history. He now has invoked his executive power to create national monuments 29 times during his tenure, establishing or expanding protections for more than 548 million acres of federal lands and waters.

Environmental groups have praised the conservation efforts, but critics say they amount to a federal land grab. Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by anti-government forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.

Obama’s newest designations include two sprawling Western landscapes that are under threat, yet also where local residents are deeply divided on how the land should be used.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/with-new-monuments-in-nevada-utah-obama-adds-to-his-environmental-legacy/2016/12/28/e9833f62-c471-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?pushid=breaking-news_1482962511&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.7e7d44fd5021

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1. OKAY, THAT'S IT! I don't give a flying hoot what armed protesters do

They can go screw themselves! It was those who worried about what Comey's actions on Oct-28th would do to fire up conservatives in congress. Who gives a shiit about dummies in red hats!! What matters is right from wrong. And this is right.

Some worry that the new designations could fuel another armed protest by anti-government forces inspired by the Cliven Bundy family, such as the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year.

F THEM!!!

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2. K&R

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3. Thank You, Mr. President

Thank you for all you have done to preserve these beautiful places. It will be up to the rest of us in America who care about such things to protect them in the coming years.