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Valuing What Nature Can Accomplish

Valuing What Nature Can Accomplish

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July 14, 2026

In 1870, a US exploring expedition headed to the Yellowstone
River and reported back about the natural wonders of the area,
The House Committee on Public Lands warned about letting the area
be spoiled by private interests, In 1982 President Grant signed
the bill making Yellowstone a national park, In 1890, the federal
government stepped in to protect Yosemite, Presidents of both
parties continued to protect American lands, New York Republican
Theodore Roosevelt most dramatically expanded the effort to
protect western lands, Roosevelt used the Antiquities Act to
create national monuments and, then, the Grand Canyon, Since the
1980s Republicans have pushed to reopen public lands to resource
development, Trump signed an executive order in his first term to
review the designations of 22 national monuments and ordered land
reductions in two of them, Biden restored those monuments to
their original size, But although the national parks and
monuments attract millions of visitors, support thousands of
jobs, and bring billions of dollars into the local economies,
Project 2025 has urged that the Antiquities Act be repealed, The
Supreme Court seems eager to get a case that will allow them to
reduce the scope of the Antiquities Act, or eliminate it
altogether.

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