Clinton's 'mother of all land-grabs': on the sly, he created a huge preserve in Utah.(Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: January 20, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Pres Clinton created a national monument under the 1906 Antiquities Act, thereby prevnting a vast tract of energy-rich federal land in Utah from being developed. Clinton's team kept the plans secret to prevent obstruction. The move has angered local governments and Utah Congressmen.

On September 18, in the midst of his re-election campaign, Bill Clinton created by executive fiat a 1.7 million-acre national monument in southern Utah. The biggest presidential land set-aside in almost 20 years took the people of Utah by surprise. Environmentalists hailed it. Critics called it a political ...

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