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Honoring Sally Jewell, Charles Wilkinson
The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906, Mark Squillace
The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906, Mark Squillace
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The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the President of the United States "to declare by public proclamation, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon [federal] lands . . . to be national monuments . . . " The law was passed during the Theodore Roosevelt administration, and Roosevelt quickly set about designating a wide range of lands and resources as national monuments, including notably, the 800,000 acre Grand Canyon National Monument. Roosevelt's expansive interpretation of the law was embraced by later presidents and ultimately by the Supreme Court. In …
Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson