Environment RI "Heartbroken" Over Trump's Decision to Cut Over $2 Million Acres of Land

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Environment RI "Heartbroken" Over Trump's Decision to Cut Over $2 Million Acres of Land

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Environment Rhode Island released a statement saying that they were "heartbroken" by President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to cut over two million acres of land from Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Following Trump's statement, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke released a report recommending that eight of the United States’ other national monuments, including the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, lose their current protections.

Environment Rhode Island’s Kelsey Lamp issued the following statement:

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“We are heartbroken by the Trump administration’s latest action to put even more of our public lands, waters, and wildlife on the chopping block. Our national monuments protect treasured lands and marine ecosystems; areas that are home to critical wildlife and places where families can come together to camp, hike, and boat.

Seamounts Marine National Monument
Some places, like the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, are so special that they should never be opened to overfishing. As we see the impacts of climate change all around us, protecting these places is more important than ever.

More than 2.7 million public comments calling on the federal government to maintain protections for our national monuments show the strong public support for protecting these lands and waters for wildlife and future generations of visitors.

We will continue to fight to protect the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts and our other public lands and waters.”


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