Trump: National monuments a ‘massive federal land grab’
By Darlene Superville and Jill Colvin, AP
WASHINGTON — Slamming what he called “a massive federal land grab,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands.
The action could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states under The Antiquities Act of 1906, which authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used.
The president’s order covered national monuments in California and Nevada.