President Barack Obama on Thursday created three national monuments and expanded two others, the latest in a series of last-minute moves that are intended to secure his prodigious environmental legacy but have angered opponents who see the designations as restrictive. The president’s actions added more than 50,000 acres to the 550.7 million on land and sea that Mr. Obama has already preserved under the Antiquities Act since taking...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 13, 2017 03:11 UTC