New Monuments
Jim Bohnsack
Jim.Bohnsack at noaa.gov
Thu Jan 18 10:32:17 EST 2001
I do know that with the Virgin Islands National Park there were two years
of work and public consultations before decisions were made. The actual
boundaries appear to me to reflect changes based on public comments.
Ann Notthoff wrote:
> The Antiquities Act, which is the federal law that empowers the President to
> establish National Monuments, has been used by every president since Teddy
> Roosevelt, except Bush and Reagan, I believe. It is an important conservation
> tool that has led to heightened land and water protection around the country.
>
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> Subject: Re: New Monuments
> Author: "Carl B.Lind" <clind1 at san.rr.com>
> Date: 1/17/01 10:40 AM
>
> "...Seeking to leave his mark on environmental protection, President Clinton
> created seven new national monuments Wednesday..."
> ------------------------------
>
> Well, this may be well and good, but it appears a bit dictatorial. Whatever
> happened to public input and congressional debate?
>
> Today's Wall Street Journal has it about right: "Under the separation of
> powers, Congress is the law-making branch. Yet that has not stopped Mr. Clinton
> from 'enacting' everything from his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy for the
> military to his American heritage rivers initiative. Indeed, he has the
> distinction of being the only peacetime president to have had an executive order
> voided by a court -- his striker replacement gambit. Clinton aide Paul Begala
> captured the President's attitude perfectly: 'Stroke of the pen. Law of the
> land. Kind of cool'."
>
> The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
>
> CL
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> <DIV>"...Seeking to leave his mark on environmental protection, President
> Clinton created seven new national monuments Wednesday..."</DIV>
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> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Well, this may be well and good, but it appears a bit
> dictatorial. Whatever happened to public input and congressional
> debate? </DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Today's Wall Street Journal has it about right: "Under the separation
>
> of powers, Congress is the law-making branch. Yet that has not stopped Mr.
>
> Clinton from 'enacting' everything from his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy for
> the military to his American heritage rivers initiative. Indeed, he has
> the distinction of being the only peacetime president to have had an executive
> order voided by a court -- his striker replacement gambit. Clinton aide
> Paul Begala captured the President's attitude perfectly: 'Stroke of the
> pen. Law of the land. Kind of cool'."</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>CL</DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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