The Trump administration is reopening a plan negotiated under President Obama to protect Western sage grouse. This could signal to states not to bother working together to protect other endangered species.
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President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Four legal experts explain why this action is likely to be reversed.
Environmental law and natural resource experts respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposals to shrink four national monuments and allow logging, fishing and other activities in six more.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calls himself “a Teddy Roosevelt guy,” but supports many actions that critics call anti-conservation, such as shrinking national monuments and fast-tracking energy projects.
Within the next month, the Trump administration may move to abolish or shrink up to two dozen national monuments. Our experts explain why these sites matter and whether presidents can undo them.
President Trump has ordered a review of national monuments protected by his predecessors, and may try to abolish or shrink some. But four legal experts say that only Congress has that authority.
Forests are valuable for many uses, including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation. Stresses on U.S. forests include wildfires, pest invasions and development of private lands.
President Trump’s latest executive order weakens or reverses multiple rules and policies designed to slow climate change. Scholars explain the order’s impact.
If US Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana is confirmed as interior secretary, he will face difficult choices about balancing extractive activities like energy production with conservation on public lands.
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Professor of Policy and Practice, UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
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Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah
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Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Calvin University
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor of Law, University of Maine
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Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, University Distinguished Professor, University of Utah
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Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine
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Visiting Senior Research Scholar, University of Richmond
