Here’s what we and others said about the review of national monuments, ordered by President Trump, carried out by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and finished — but kept secret — late last week.
... Indians and other backers of the monument have been insulted. But, given the legal fuzziness of the federal Antiquities Act, those who opposed the designation and who hoped to open the federally owned land to more mining, drilling, grazing and other such potentially destructive activities have not won. ...
... We are under no illusions that this will settle the contentious issues surrounding these monuments.