Zinke recommends rolling back some national monuments

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 25, 2017 National

President Trump has stirred controversy in the Western States by taking aim at National Monuments protected by former presidents. As he looks at recommendations that he shrink them in size, does he have the legal power?

Photo: The Toadstools at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah (James Marvin Phelps)

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Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Luke Vander Ploeg, Devan Schwartz, Gideon Brower

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