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National Monuments -- These Are The Places Obama May Protect By January [1]

"Earlier this year, President Obama hit a milestone: He designated more monuments than any other president in U.S. history.

Obama has created or expanded 28 national monuments, using his power under the century-old Antiquities Act. In the last two months alone, he quadrupled the size of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, set aside 87,000 acres in Maine as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and created the first marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean.

Most environmentalists think he's not done. Some predict Obama will create three or four more monuments before his term ends.

But which ones?"

Emily Yehle reports for Greenwire October 6, 2016. [2]

Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Greenwire [2], 10/07/2016
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