Ecologist George Wuerthner shared this article depicting President Obama's use of the ANTIQUITY ACT to set aside national monuments.......With the Bears Ears lands in southern Utah and the Gold Butte region in Nevada, Obama has created 29 National Monuments during his 8 years as President.......As with his predecessor, President George W., the huge majority of "land" set aside by Obama is acreage in the oceans abutting our 50 states

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/with-new-monuments-in-nevada-utah-obama-adds-to-his-environmental-legacy/2016/12/28/e9833f62-c471-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html?utm_term=.579884d001ef&wpisrc=nl_draw&wpmm=1


With new monuments in Nevada, Utah, Obama adds to his environmental legacy