The Trump administration's national monuments 'review' is a sham | Brian Calvert Read moreSpeaking to the Associated Press in Billings, Montana, Zinke said unspecified boundary adjustments for some of the 27 national monuments were among his recommendations. Utah’s congressional delegation played a key role in bringing the fight against national monuments to the attention of the White House. In an April press conference announcing Zinke’s review, Trump credited that state’s senior senator, Orrin Hatch, with making him aware of the issue. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. “There is no direct legal precedent on rescission or modification of national monuments.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2017 16:10 UTC