Environmentalism-Antiquities Act Flashcards
What is the antiquities act?
Created over a 100 years ago, the antiquity act establishes the precedent that the president may dictate any given piece as protected (whether for environmental or historical reasons), preserving it for future generation
What is so special about the antiquity act?
The Antiquities Act was the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on Federal lands.
When was the antquities act created?
In june of 1906
Why is the antiquities act at risk?
Utah’s Sentator Lee introduced an s.31 bill, deceptively named the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Bill, which will prohibit any president from extending the protections of national monuments in Utah without having both the consent from congress and state legislature. This will undermine the antiquities act and also remove two million acres of protection in Utah’s Bear Ears and Grand Staricase monuments.
What did Thoeodore Roosevelt do as soon as he passed the antiquities act?
He used it 18 times during his presidency, protecting national monuments which are widely known today such as teh grand canyon.
How many times has the antiquities act been used?
It has been used over 150 times by the 16 preisdents that followed theodore roosevelt. Since then, national monuments have been protected by different entities under the same law, the National Park Service protects 83, the Bureau of Land Managmeent manages 25, and other entities protect more.
Who was lauded for their use of the Antiquities Act?
President Obama had almost bipartisan support for his usage of the antiquities act, which nicely made stonewall a national monument.
Why is the antiquities act economically beneficial?
National parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments and other public lands managed by the Department hosted an estimated 443 million recreational visits in 2015, and these visits alone supported $45 billion in economic output and about 396,000 jobs nationwide. (U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2015.)
Are archeologists allowed to work on these protected lands?
With the permission of the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War? Yes.
