What Is the Antiquities Act and Why Does President Trump Want to Change It?

April 26, 2017/ TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment

The 1906 law, enacted under Theodore Roosevelt, has been used by presidents to protect vast tracts of public land from development and exploitation.

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