July 21, 2017
Denver- In response to the Interior Department’s announcement that the Canyons of the Ancients will keep its protected status despite the agency’s review of nearly 30 national monuments, Greenpeace USA Senior Climate Campaigner and Colorado resident Diana Best said,
“Beautiful and protected places like the Canyons of the Ancients in Colorado should have never been under federal review for modifications in the first place. The Interior Department’s juvenile process of tweeting which national monuments have escaped losing protected status is behavior fit for “The Bachelor,” not the United States government. The fates of nearly 30 national monuments across the country still hang in the balance. The Interior Department should listen to the overwhelming support for monument protection found in the 2.5 million public comments submitted to the agency and maintain protection for all U.S. national monuments.”
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Cassady Craighill, [email protected], 828-817-3328
