U.S. national monument in Colorado to remain intact

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

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JULY 21, 2017 / 6:58 PM / 3 HOURS AGO

U.S. national monument in Colorado to remain intact

Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Friday that Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients archeological site is no longer on a list of more than two dozen national monuments under review by the Trump administration for possible reduction or elimination.

Zinke's recommendation to keep the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument intact, with no modifications, came a week after he announced that two other sites - Hanford Reach in Washington state and Craters of the Moon in Idaho - had been removed from the list.

Canyons of the Ancients, occupying 178,000 acres in southwestern Colorado along the border with Utah, protects a landscape ranking as one of the highest-density Native American archeological sites in the United States.

It was designated in 2000 by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Colorado's Republican U.S. senator, Cory Gardner, and Republican U.S. Representative Scott Tipton, whose congressional district includes the monument, both applauded Zinke's decision.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-monuments-idUSKBN1A62TO

[madamesilverspurs]

1. And a bit south of that

in New Mexico is Chaco Canyon, a breathtaking reminder of a remarkable civilization. And it's being threatened by fracking.


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