It would be entirely arrogant and offensive to a lot of people, people who have lived there for generations, to have a President who has never been there and will never go there unilaterally change the designation on millions of acres, change their lives forever.
Criticism of unilateral national monument designations affecting local communities.
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The Federal forests are absolutely decrepit. Again, one quarter of them destroyed. Yet, we lose money.
Not because of a lack of resources, but because the laws that have been adopted in the 1970s make it cost prohibitive.
My greatest fear is that we could face a coordinated terrorist attack from elements among the millions who have entered this country illegally over the last three years.
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