Those who support destructive amendments to the Antiquities Act either fail to realize the value of the resources the Act has preserved or the seriousness of the threats posed to the resources or both.
Grijalva emphasizes the importance of the Antiquities Act and its resources.
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This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…
To merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.
This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.
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