BY DEAN B. SUAGEE
The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the President to proclaim national monuments to protect historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest on national public land. President Obama has used this authority to protect more national public land than any of his predecessors. As his presidency draws to a close, a few candidates for national monument proclamations are still under consideration. One is the proposed Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument, about 1.7 million acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management on either side of Grand Canyon National Park. This proposal is also the subject of a bill sponsored by Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), H.R. 3882. I encourage the President to act on this proposal...