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COCONINO VOICES

Coconino Voices: Grand Canyon monument embodies how Antiquities Act should be used

Coconino County Oath of Office Ceremony

District 2 Supervisor Jeronimo Vasquez.

When Congress endowed presidents with the power to create national monuments, they set in motion one of the most momentous efforts to ensure stunning landscape, cultural resources, and sacred spaces endure. Nearly every U.S. president, from Theodore Roosevelt forward, has used the Antiquities Act to do just that.

Although Congress conveyed this unilateral power on presidents, these designations are the most effective when driven by the people who caretake and cherish these places.



Jeronimo Vasquez is a Coconino County Supervisor and HECHO Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council member.



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