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As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated
Years of advocacy led to the creation of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments in California early this year, but they may soon be dismantled.
By Wyatt Myskow
CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz.—It was a rare rainy day, with a brief sprinkle of snow in southeastern Arizona where the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madre Occidental range, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts come together. Still, the cold didn’t stop roughly 20 locals from showing up Saturday morning to protest the Trump administration’s threats to the nation’s federal lands and park system as thousands have done in recent weeks, staging demonstrations from world-famous parks like the Grand Canyon to hidden gems such as Chiricahua.