Not everyone wants national monuments in Nev.
By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal
With some rural Nevadans still seething over President Obama’s designation of two national monuments two Republican lawmakers want to restrict the ability of future presidents to create more in the Silver State.
On Wednesday Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., announced legislation that would make Nevada off-limits to new monuments that don’t have approval from Congress.
The announcement comes in the wake of decisions by Obama to follow the advice of former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to designate the Basin and Range and Gold Butte monuments in southern Nevada.