Many national parks – including South Dakota’s Badlands, Alaska’s Kenai Fjords and Nevada’s Death Valley – began as national monuments. Nor would the Petrified Forest national park, Utah’s Zion national park, Bryce Canyon or many of America’s other legendary protected lands. “It is arbitrary rule by one man.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest A winding road through Sequoia national park. Public lands supporters across the American west see it as hand-in-glove with the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink public lands and protections. One person wrote:“I grew up in Arizona, traveling to national monuments with my family on vacation in a pop-up trailer.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 13:01 UTC