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Why Trump’s upcoming decision on federal lands matters

The subject of Interior’s report is presidential use of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The Act allows presidents to unilaterally designate federal lands as “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.” These designations change how land is managed and who has access to it.

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McClaughry: Martyrs to the Clean Water Act

As reported by Tony Mecia in the Aug. 21 Weekly Standard, Duarte faces a $2.8 million fine plus a mandated outlay of as much as $13 million in “mitigation credits.” His crime: plowing a vacant 22-acre field to grow wheat without a Corps of Engineers permit.