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These 13 national monuments can be “at risk” by losing federal protection, defenders warn – USA today

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These 13 national monuments can be “at risk” by losing federal protection, defenders warn – USA today

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The Ministry of the Interior is exploring ways to use federal lands for energy production, and the defenders of the national park are worried that may expose some park sites at risk.

Citing An Executive Order by President Donald Trump Encouraging “Energy Exploration and Production on Federal Lands and Waters,” Interior Secretary Doug IC Land and Submit an Action Plan This Month on Ways To reduce the “barriers to the use of federal energy development lands”, “offer more plots of public land for oil and gas leasing” within the existing law and others.

“Everything is on the table until they take it off the table and have not removed anything from the table here,” says Kristen Brenngeel, Senior Vice President of Government Issues on the National Parks Protection Association, an independent organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the national system Park.

Here’s what this can mean to national monuments.

Why is this happening?

Both Trump’s executive and Burgum’s secretary order indicate the need for affordable and reliable energy for economic growth, reduced dependence on other countries and others.

They also cite the abundant supply of the nation’s natural resources, but the president’s order is said that “burdensome and ideologically motivated provisions” have been difficult.

The secretary’s order states: “By eliminating such provisions, America’s natural resources may be unleashed to restore US prosperity.”

Some of these provisions protect current park lands.

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What national parks are “at risk”?

There are 433 units within the national park system. They are all called national parks, but only 63 of them have a national park in their own name, such as the big smoky mountains and Yellowstone. These 63 are forever protected from Congress.

“So this does not apply to every park unit, but it applies to everything that is still a monument under the Antiques Act,” Brenngeel said.

It is worth noting that these monuments are not statues, as can suggest their names, but vast sections of land that are set aside for natural and cultural importance.

By crossing an antiquity park with well -known oil deposits and mineral sites of the Ministry of Energy Cards, NPCA identifies 13 national monuments “at risk” by the loss of federal defenses, including the first national monument created by President Theodor Roosevelt in 1906 D., Devils Tower.

Only some of them are managed by the National Park Service. Others are managed by other federal agencies such as the land management Bureau or are managed jointly with tribal governments.

(The story lasts from below.)

This happened before?

Trump has ordered an overview of the federal lands protected under the Antiquous Act during his first office, then shrinks ears and a large staircase-escalat with approximately 2 million acres.

At that time he said: “These abuses of the Antiquity Act give enormous power to distant bureaucrats at the expense of the people who actually live here, they work here and make this place their home … with the action I take today we will not only We return your voice for the use of this land, but we will also restore your access and your pleasure. ”

Brenngeel said that the mine companies immediately got in. Later, the move was canceled by President Joe Biden, but Brenngeel warned of lasting effects.

“If they enter immediately and began to explore for minerals or oil and gas drilling, what is happening is the infrastructure that is built around it is as harmful as the drilling itself and the extraction itself,” she said. “Especially in these dry, dry areas, it can take decades and decades to restore the area.”

Asked how the sites of the National Park will be protected and reserved against the background of the survey and production of energy, the service of the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the USA Today to the Secretary Order issued on February 3, and the related press release without further comment.

The press release notes the policies for the “energy domination” of the administration guarantee “the possibility of public comments and a strict, renowned scientific analysis”.

(This story has been updated to add video.)

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