January 16, 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUWA Statement on Attempts to Dismantle the Antiquities Act – 1.16.25
Contacts:
Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA); (319) 427-0260; grant@suwa.org
Washington, DC – Today, Rep Celeste Maloy (R-UT) introduced legislation (the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act) in the House of Representatives that, if passed, would effectively repeal the 1906 Antiquities Act by requiring Congress to approve the establishment or extension of a National Monument. For more than 115 years the Act has been used by Presidents of both parties to establish national monuments and protect objects of particular cultural, paleontological, and ecological significance.
“National Monuments enjoy broad bipartisan support and are overwhelmingly popular with Utahns and Americans. Unfortunately, just days into a new Congress, Utah politicians have renewed their long-running attacks on one of the most important and successful conservation tools: the Antiquities Act,” said Travis Hammill, DC Director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. “The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance will rally our supporters from across the nation and will work to defeat this short-sighted bill.”
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