Don't Open Our National Monuments Up to Mining and Drilling!

Last year, President Obama designated the Gold Butte National Monument in Southern Nevada, protecting more than 300,000 acres of public lands that include pristine Desert Tortoise habitat and an area rich in Native American petroglyphs stretching back thousands of years. In 2015, President Obama designated the Basin and Range National Monument in Lincoln County protecting more than 700,000 acres of critical habitat, also shielding cultural artifacts stretching back thousands of years and the world renown City art project.

BUT just a few months ago on April 26th, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order calling on the U.S. Department of Interior to review National Monument designations going back to 1996. Although these designations were made under the 1906 Antiquities Act, with years of public involvement, President Trump seeks to "review" these designations to limit the size of the protected areas and open up our lands to private development including mining and oil drilling in these untouched natural areas.

Senator Heller has been publicly critical of these National Monument designations. Instead of supporting polluting industries, we need Senator Heller to represent Nevadan's who overwhelmingly want to see these lands protected. Sign the petition to tell him to call on President Trump to keep his hands off Nevada's monuments.
Dear Senator Heller,

Our national monuments, public lands, and waters help define who we are as a nation by telling the story of our historical, cultural, and natural heritage. Since President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law in 1906, 16 Presidents - 8 Republicans and 8 Democrats - have used the authority granted by the act to safeguard public lands, oceans, and historic sites in order to share America's story with future generations. I am extremely disappointed that President Trump has signed an executive order that attempts to undermine our national monuments. I strongly urge you to oppose any efforts to eliminate or shrink our national monuments.

Nevada's Gold Butte and Basin and Range National Monuments are exactly the types of landscapes the Antiquities Act was enacted to conserve. These monuments protect thousands of incredible cultural sites and artifacts, rare and threatened species, scenic and scientific wonders and the monumental work of art, City. Nevada's national monuments preserve our history and inspire new generations of Nevadans to have pride in our state.

I am firmly opposed to any effort to revoke or diminish protections for National Monuments. I urge you to support our public lands and waters, and recommend that our current national monuments remain protected.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
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