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Joint Initiative Concerned about Future of Monuments

26 April 2017

Today President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations under the Antiquities Act dating back to 1996. Marine national monuments will be part of that review. The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative is concerned that attempts to modify existing marine national monuments could jeopardize important progress that has been made toward ocean conservation in recent decades.

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