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2017-10-28 Government

Trump shrinks two nat'l monuments covering more than 3.6 million acres in Utah protected by Democratic presidents

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-10-28 00:45|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Conservation groups and tribes have vowed to file lawsuits if Trump attempts to rescind or reduce the monument designations

Yeesh. You'd think they were entitlements.

Posted by gorb 2017-10-28 01:58|| 2017-10-28 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Land that long ago should have reverted to a sovereign state. Strange isn't it how land east of the Mississippi didn't remain in federal hands to the amount that remains west of the Mississippi.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-28 04:08|| 2017-10-28 04:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said that Trump called him Friday to approve shrinking two national monuments protected by Democratic presidents

Under the proviso that Hatch would retire this year.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-28 06:30|| 2017-10-28 06:30|| Front Page Top

#4 "Is it a Grand Staircase or an Escalator? Why can't they make up their mind?"

/Emily Littela

Posted by Frank G 2017-10-28 10:46|| 2017-10-28 10:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Giving 3.6M acres to the Temple is going to get a lot of votes.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-28 14:00|| 2017-10-28 14:00|| Front Page Top

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