We Oppose HR 1495
Tell your representative that you oppose HR 1495: To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress. Read HR 1495 here.
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar of Prescott is seeking to halt the power of the president to create national monuments in Arizona. HR1495 would prevent presidents from expanding or creating national monuments through their existing authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906.
The Antiquities Act was the first federal law to protect cultural or natural resources. It gives a president the authority to set aside for protection “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.”
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar’s argument that national monument designations can hurt the economy is false. A study by the research firm Headwaters Economics found that the local economies surrounding new national monuments grew in 17 of 17 cases. The study looked at monuments larger than 10,000 acres created after 1981.
HR 1495 goes against what the people of Arizona want. A February poll released by Colorado College found that 82 percent of Arizonans recognize the central role of public lands in the state’s economy. The same poll also found that 58 percent of Arizonans call themselves conservationists.
Tell your representative that you oppose HR 1495 below:
