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Secrecy Surrounding Plan to Trim U.S. Monuments Spurs Suspicions
- No national monuments will be eliminated, Interior chief says
- Details of Interior’s proposals to Trump not released
Secrecy Surrounding U.S. Monument Plan Spurs Suspicions
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The Interior Department on Thursday gave President Donald Trump its recommendations for scaling back national monuments.
But the agency didn’t say what it proposed after its four-month review -- fanning the suspicions of critics that the administration is laying the groundwork for a dramatic rollback in protections, opening up public territory for more oil drilling, logging and mining.