Gary Herbert: “Let us not say that Yellowstone National Park is a model for wilderness because it clearly is not.”

I believe that what we all want is to protect the antiquities in this area, but the question is how and through what means.

I have long said it is not the use of the Antiquities Act, but rather the abuse of the Antiquities Act by presidents of both parties, that now requires Congress to carefully review this law.

If we really care about protecting the antiquities and the archeological artifacts, if we really care about giving the Native Americans co-management responsibility, it has to be done legislatively.

It is not the use of the Antiquities Act; it is the promise, the abuse of it.