in southeastern utah, you've got the bears ears monuments, which is 1.3 6 million acres. that's a vast, sprawling monument. it's bigger than what president obama first created in 2016, because president trump did add 11,000 acres, so a little bit of that when he made the boundary changes. host: boundary changes of national monuments. does this happen a lot? guest: no, this is super unusual, and i am glad you asked an interesting question. national monuments are created under this 1906 law called the antiquities act. presidents can set aside land that has historical, cultural, or scientific interest. this occurs on existing public lands. over the years, monuments have been tweaked. congress has rarely come in to abolish monuments, just a handful of times. but up until president trump, no one had used the antiquities act to cut a monument the way that he did. that in itself has raised questions. there are a few lawsuits pending over his actions, but the proclamations president biden signed on friday, which referenced that action, are more traditional. they talk about the ob

then in southeastern utah, you have the monument which is now 1.36 million acres. that is a vast sprawling monument. a little bit bigger than what president obama first created in 2016 because president trump did actually add about 11,000 acres. just a little bit to that when he made the boundary changes. >> boundary changes of national monuments. is this something that happens a lot? >> no. this is super unusual. national monuments get created under the 1906 law called the antiquities act. it lets presidents set aside land that have historic cultural or scientific interest. and that could be, you know, obviously a range of things that are there. stwhat they are protecting and y it is on existing public lands. over the years, monuments have been tweaked by congress and fairly rarely coming into abolish monument. it just a of times. up until president trump nobody had used the antiquities act to cut in line the way that he did. idand, so, that in itself has raised questions. if you lawsuits out there pending over his actions. but then, the proclamations that were si

in southeastern utah, you've got the bears ears monuments, which is 1.3 6 million acres.rawling monument. it's bigger than what president obama first created in 2016, because president trump did add 11,000 acres, so a little bit of that when he made the boundary changes. host: boundary changes of national monuments. does this happen a lot? guest: no, this is super unusual, and i am glad you asked an interesting question. national monuments are created under this 1906 law called the antiquities act. presidents can set aside land that has historical, cultural, or scientific interest. this occurs on existing public lands. over the years, monuments have been tweaked. congress has rarely come in to abolish monuments, just a handful of times. but up until president trump, no one had used the antiquities act to cut a monument the way that he did. that in itself has raised questions. there are a few lawsuits pending over his actions, but the proclamations president biden signed on friday, which referenced that action, are more traditional. they talk about the objects being protec