New Monuments
Alina M. Szmant
szmanta at uncwil.edu
Thu Jan 18 17:57:20 EST 2001
I think Carl Lind is way off mark in his negative comments about President=
Clinton's action to create new National Monuments. Presidents don't just=
come up with these ideas over night. They are the result of much effort on=
the part of conservation and citizens organizations to bring to the=
recognition of powers to be that site x, y or z needs protection from=
human encroachment. And our laws grants authority to our president to=
take action for this purpose. Just because we have a congress does not=
mean it has to be involved in every governmental action. The Congress is=
heavily influenced by pro-development PACs and it takes too long to get=
anything positive done through them. The Wall Street Journal is the last=
organization I would expect to understand conservation acts because it=
represents the (small) fraction of our population making lots of money off=
the rest of the people's resources by forging ahead to make our country one=
big parking lot or tract housing project or industrial development. If we=
took all the national lands and divided them into 281 million pieces, I=
think a majority of the American public would vote to have their little=
piece protected for posterity. Since we can't actually do that, we have=
knowledgable and pro-active Presidents and Secretaries of the Interior=
(such as Secretary Babbit) who have moved forward to do for us what we want=
and need so desperately. There's no way to get a virgin forest back once=
it's been logged or been infiltrated by roads. And as the old saying goes:=
"Extinction is forever". I am so very pleased by Clinton's conservation=
actions and only sorry he didn't do them sooner. I am fearful of what lies=
ahead under the pro-development, anti-conservation Bush government as=
represented by his choice for Secretary of the Interior. =20
Alina Szmant
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>From: Jim Bohnsack <<Jim.Bohnsack at noaa.gov>
>Subject: Re: New Monuments
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>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.
>>
>> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
>> 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>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>
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Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Coral Reef Research Group
Professor of Biology=20
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
1 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington NC 28409
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