National Monuments

The Trump administration pushed to excise coal deposits from a Utah monument, New York lawmakers want to help minors get vaccinated, and a Navy ship is quarantined at sea.

Advocacy groups say that's an unprecedented show of public interest.

A judge says the administration doesn't have to turn over legal documents for which an environmental law firm had sued.

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No other president in the last 50 years has attempted to shrink the national monuments designated by his predecessors.

Exaggeration and misdirection can only damage the conservation movement's credibility.

A new report by Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee outlines the partisan, industry-friendly nature of Trump's national monument review.

No word yet from the White House on whether or not Trump will accept Zinke's recommendations.

After recommending that Bears Ears National Monument be reduced in size, one thing is clear: Ryan Zinke is nothing like Teddy Roosevelt.

But do his "national monument" declarations really make a difference for the chosen sites?