Executive order to seek review of Antiquities Act designations National monuments puts land off limits to energy development President Donald Trump will order a review of as many as 40 large national monuments that have been declared over the past two decades, beginning a process that could lead to the repeal of protections for those lands and new opportunities for oil and mining companies. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — whom Trump will task with the review in an order set to be signed Wednesday — told reporters it is meant to ensure local communities have a chance to weigh in on the set-aside of lands. Zinke will have 45 days to come up with preliminary determinations on which, if any, monument declarations should be redrawn or yanked. “The concern that I have and the president has is the local community affected should have a voice,” Zinke said. The order […]