Department of Interior lists at-risk monuments,including Nevada’s Basin and Range and Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters, following president’s orderTwenty-seven national monuments, and mostly in the west,face the curtailing or elimination of protections put in station over the past two decades by presidents from both parties, the Department of the Interior said on Friday. Related: Trump review threatens to rip up Obama protections for wilderness areas Related: Noise pollution is drowning out nature even in protected areas – study Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com