2 Pinal national monuments affected by Trump order

by Rofida Khairalla | Casa Grande Dispatch

Two of Pinal County’s national monuments could lose their federal government protected status.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order asking for the review of 24 national monuments. The review applies to monuments that total more than 100,000 acres of public land protected since 1996, with the intention of freeing up some of that land for energy development.

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