Leaked Zinke Memo Urges Trump to Shrink National Monuments, Allow Drilling

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By Natural Resources Defense CouncilSep 18, 2017, 12:20 pm75 ptsTrending
Despite receiving 2.8 million comments from the public in support of our national monuments , U.S. Department of the Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke has advised President Trump to change the way at least 10 of these treasured areas are managed and to shrink the boundaries of at least four of them. Zinke's report ,…

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