“No More Parks” Bill Would Undermine Ability to Protect Our Public Lands (The Wilderness Society)

(Source: The Wilderness Society) The Wilderness Society strongly opposes H.R. 1459, a bill that would undermine the ability of presidents to use the Antiquities Act to protect public lands that have significant historic, cultural or conservation value. This bill is scheduled for a vote in the House later this week. President Theodore Roosevelt pushed for passage of the Antiquities Act, which has since been used by 16 presidents — eight Republicans and eight Democrats – to protect many of America’s most treasured places from Alaska to the Florida Keys including the Grand Canyon, Acadia, Muir Woods, and Olympic national parks. H.R. 1459 would insert redundant and…