A child wades in the Penobscot River’s East Branch within the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine. Although Congress can alter national monuments easily through legislation, presidents have reduced their boundaries only on rare occasions. (Christian K. Lee/AP)A section of the canyons within Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. One of the towering pinnacles in Valley of the Gods within the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Trump signed an executive order in April directing Zinke to examine any national monument created since Jan. 1, 1996, and spanning at least 100,000 acres.

Source: Washington Post September 18, 2017 01:41 UTC