Tagged Marine Monument

Marine Monument

Trump administration should preserve marine monuments

West Side Story

Nov 14, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

In September, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommended the modification of ten national monuments to President Trump. In addition to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, Gold Butte in Nevad...

President Obama creates Atlantic Ocean’s first protected marine monument

West Side Story

Sep 22, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

President Barack Obama has announced the creation the first US marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. Called the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the area includes 12,725 sq...