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October 18, 2017 - Yesterday the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks announced over 350 coalition members sign on and express disappointment in Zinke’s monument review.

October 17, 2017

The Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20240

Subject:  Executive Order 13792 (National Monument Review)

Dear Secretary Zinke:

We are writing to you on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition). With over 1,400 members, the Coalition is composed entirely of retired, former, or current employees of the National Park Service. Collectively our membership represents more than 35,000 years of experience managing and protecting America’s most precious and important natural and historic places.

We, the undersigned, are extremely disappointed with the results of your review of our country’s national monuments as part of implementation of Executive Order 13792. The Coalition actively participated in the public comment period and expressed strong objections to weakening protections on several occasions. We joined nearly 3 million people who spoke loudly in support of preserving these monuments and the values and economic and other benefits they represent. The results of your evaluation are directly counter to what the vast majority of commenters have called on you to do. This review has clearly been politically motivated and a monumental waste of government time and resources, especially when there are many other urgent issues facing our national parks and other public lands. Furthermore, the Interior Department’s ongoing failure to release the report or provide supporting documentation for your recommendations to the public is utterly unconscionable given the administration’s false allegations about the lack of transparency that occurred during the process that led to the creation of the monuments.  All relevant information should be released to the public as soon as possible.

We join many others who strongly oppose your calling for the significant reduction or removal of protections for the natural and cultural resources, including many remarkable landscapes, currently protected in our national monuments. Given the rich history of conservation of public lands under the Antiquities Act of 1906 beginning with President Theodore Roosevelt, your determination that so many portions of existing national monuments do not meet the Act’s requirements is unprecedented, arbitrary, and unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. Federal courts have consistently deferred to the President’s authority in establishing national monuments to use his discretion to determine “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected” for “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.”

The recommendations that we find most unacceptable include the following:

  • Bears Ears National Monument, Utah:Shrink (separate reports suggest by as much as 1 million acres) the national monument and allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas.
  • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: Shrink the national monument and allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas.
  • Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon:Shrink the national monument and allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas.
  • Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada: Shrink the national monument and allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas.
  • Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico: Allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument.
  • Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico:Allow ‘traditional’ uses like mining, logging and drilling in protected areas; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument.
  • Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine– Suggests that logging should be allowed in the national monument; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument. The National Park Service already has all the authority it needs to protect and manage the natural resources of the monument.  The recommendation to “promote healthy forests through active timber management” is misleading and, absent specific authorization by Congress, would likely be illegal under the laws that apply to this monument.
  • Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, Atlantic Ocean – Allow industrial-scale commercial fishing in the national monument; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument.
  • Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, Pacific Ocean–Allow industrial-scale commercial fishing in the national monument; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument.
  • Rose Atoll National Monument – Allow industrial-scale commercial fishing in the national monument; leaves open the possibility of shrinking the monument.
At your confirmation hearing, you described yourself as “an unapologetic admirer of Teddy Roosevelt.” His conservation legacy is eloquently described on the Department’s own website at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/theodore-roosevelts-legacy.  Your approach to the national monuments under review is antithetical to this conservation legacy and what President Roosevelt believed should be done for present and future generations.

In closing, we began this year with hope that the support you declared for public lands and outdoor recreation would, in fact, translate into greater conservation accomplishments during your tenure as Interior Secretary. Instead, your review of national monuments marks a dismal day in the history of public lands conservation in the United States.

Sincerely,

The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Executive Council:
Maureen Finnerty, Chair
Philip A. Francis, Jr., Vice Chair
Brenda Barrett
Maria Burks
Mark A. Butler
David M. Graber
Donald J. Hellmann
Douglas K. Morris
Michael B. Murray
Richard Ring
Sheridan Steele
Kate Stevenson

Members of CPANP

Abigail B Miller Gary E. Davis Nancy Deschu
Alison Robb Gary R Miles Nancy F. Ehorn
Allen Bohnert Gary William Johnson Nancy russell
Amy Gilbert Lizbeth Casey Neal G Guse
Ann Childress Gene Casey Nelson Siler
Anne Worthington George Alderson Nicholas J Eason
Anne Worthington Gilbert E. Blinn Norah Martinez
Audrey Faye Calhoun Gilbert Soper Norman D. Hellmers
B Riley McClelland Ginny Rousseau Olav V. Olsen
B. William Henry Gordon V. Gay Oron L. Bass, Jr.
Barbara J. ("BJ") Griffin Gretchen Luxenberg Oron Lamar Bass, Jr
Barry T. Sullivan H. Bryan Mitchell Pamela Underhill
Bennie C, Keel Hal J Grovert Patrick Reed
Betty Irene McSwain J. Douglas Cuillard PATRICK RICHARD VIGIL
Bill Jackson J. Eric Haugland Paul A. Shackel
Bob Gerhard J. Mel Poole Paul Henderson
Brian R Adams J.W. Howard Paul K. Stevens
Bruce B. Moorhead Jack E. Stark Paul R. Anderson
Bruce Craig Jack Ramsden Peggy Dolinich
Bruce D. McKeeman Jacqueline Gonzales Peter C. Fitzmaurice
Bruce D. Murphy Jacqueline Lowey Peter K. Nigh
Bruce Dombrowski James C Roach Peter White
Bruce MacDougal James C. Redford Jr Phil Brueck
Bruce W Bytnar James Ebert Philip A. Francis Jr.
Calvin Hite James Evans Philip Heckman
Carl J. Douhan James F. Martin R. Bruce Edmonston
Carl S. Christensen James L Hummel Ramona Burks
Carol D. Shull James Zinck Randy W Turner
Carol J. Spears Jams Evans Rebecca Louise Harriett
Cary F Brown Jane C. Anderson Rebecca M. Post
Charles B Voll Janet c wolf Richard A. Rasp
Charles Barry Cooper Janet L. Wise Richard B.Smith
Charles E Schultheis Janis Kozlowski Richard C. Curry
Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr. Jared Cohen Richard D. Falb
Cherry Payne Jason Tillotson Richard E. Wells
Cheryl Houghtelin Jean Rodeck Richard Ernenwein
Cheryl Louise Teague Jeffrey D Manley Richard H. Martin
Christian J. Malanka Jerry M. Mitchell Richard M. Bryant
Christine L. Shaver Jerry R. Yarbrough / National Park Service Retiree Richard W Gregory
Christopher Seymour Jervis D Swannack III Richard W. Frost
Chuck young JH (Jack) Ramsden Rick Jones
Claude Stanley Fowler, Jr Jim Northup Rick L. Mossman
Colin C. "Toby" Hastie Joan Anzelmo Robbyn Jackson
Colin C. Hastie John C Reed Robert Andrew
Cordell J. Roy John E. Hunter Robert D Dunnagan
Courtney Hotchkiss John F Byrne Robert E. Sellers
Craig C. Axtell John Freemuth, Islands Under Siege Robert Edward Woody
Cynthia M. Holda John H. Jameson Robert Hyde
D. Scott Hartwig John K. Apel Robert L Peterson
D. Thomas Ross John M Morris Robert Valen
Dale J. Antonich John Maounis Robert W Blythe
Dan Moses John P. Bloom Robert W Reynolds
Daniel J Jacobs John P. Debo, Jr. Robert W. Mackreth
Daniel J. Jenner John R. Erisman Robert Wjhite
Daniel Taylor John Ritenour Roberta Barrows
David A. Clary John T. Conoboy Roberta D'Amico
David B Shaver John W Wade Rodney L. Danner
David Buccello Jon Boyce Roger A. Rudolph
David C. Hartman Jon Buono, AIA Roger Jacob Siglin
David D. Roberts Jon Paynter Ronald A. Wilson
David D. Thompson Jr. Jonathan B Halpern Ronald G. Thoman
David H Wallace Joseph Aull Ronald G. Warfield
David Haet Joseph Finan Russell Case
David J Donohue Joseph Lee Boyle Russell Paul Smith
David K. Morris Joseph P Hudick ruth sommers
David L. moffitt Joy Jamison Sam Weddle
David N. Given Katherine C. Ziegenfus Sandra Hamilton
David Nathanson Kathleen Lassiter Manscill Sarah Bransom
Deborah K. Piscitelli Kathryn Roney Faulkner Sarah Olson
Deborah O. Liggett Kathryn S. Brett Sarah Peskin
Debra E. Levie Kathy A Tonnessen, Ph.D. Sarah Sklare
Dee Renee Ericks Kathy Smith Scott Sticha
Delora M. Loope Kathy Tustanowski Sean Smith
Denis M Osowski Keith B. Dunbar Sharon Paris
Denis P. Galvin Ken Kehrer, Jr. SHIRLEY M. CLARK
Dennis Burnett Ken Phillips Stephen R. Bruner
Denny Huffman Kenneth E. Apschnikat Steve Pittleman
Don Bachman Kent R. Cave Steve Whitesell
Don H. Castleberry Kim Watson Steven Gazzano
Don Jackson Kristine Fister Steven D. Bone
Don Neubacher Larry Edwin Henderson Steven Harrison
Donald A Falvey Larry N Kilborn Stuart L. Croll
Donald Barry Larry Thomas Suzanne S. Rozdilski
Donald Bruce Fladmark Larry Walling Terrence D. Moore
Donald E. Magee Laura Gail Bishop Terry Goodrich
Donald Fox Laura Michele Lusk Terry Michael Di Mattio
Donald H. Weir PhD Laura Rotegard Terry Savage
Donna M. Whaley Laurel Munson Boyer Thomas Allen Smith
Donna Williams Leonard W. McKenzie Thomas Griffiths
Douglas Stover Leslie Starr Hart Thomas M. Lorig
Dr. J. Scott Harmon Linda A. Towle, Mesa Verde National Park, Retired Thomas Patterson
Edward B. Patrovsky Linda Finn Thomas Ritter
Edward D Carlin Lisa Sasser Thomas W. Kopczyk
Edward F. Clark III Lora Anderson Gale Timothy J. Oliverius
Edward P Walzer Luke Dalton Timothy M Harvey
Edward Pontbriand Lynn D. Jamison Tom Haraden
Edward S. Kalbach M. Susan Hurst Tom Vaughan
Edwin A. Hession Marcia Blaszak Vaughn Baker
Edwin L. Rothfuss Marcia Keener Vernon C. Gilbert
Elaine D Hall Maria Abonnel Vince Pareago
Elizabeth K. Murray Mark D Flora Vito Spinale
Elizabeth Snyder Mark Kelleher W. Philip Koepp
Elizabeth Van Zandt Mark Lewis Warren E. Bielenberg
Ella S. Rayburn Mary D. Partsch Warren Hill
Elwood Lynn Mary E. Elms Warren Lee Brown
Erik R. Hauge Mary G Martin Wendy Artz
Erin Kaye Broadbent Mary Partsch William A. Sanders
Ernest Quintana Maryanne Gerbauckas William C Walters
Faye Walmsley Matthew A. Ross William E. Cox
Florence I. Townsend Maureen D Welch (Mosie) William Gibson
Frances Rutter Michael C. Warren William H. Ehorn
Frank Edward Hastings Michael E. Gurling William J Carroll
Frank Fiala Michael H. Bureman William J. Halainen
Frank J Deckert Michael J. Spratt WILLIAM LOFTUS
Frank P. Weed Michael K. Johnson William O'Donnell
Fred J. Fagergren Michael Soukup William P. Quinn
Gail C. Menard Mike Tollefson Wouter Ketel
Gary Brandow Molly N. Ross  
Gary Cummins Nancy A. Nelson
Source: Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks